P.T.Barnum?

P.T. Barnum, uh, No! No!

Pootin and Tramp, ain’t they a pair?

Runnin’ round, hand in hand, everywhere!

One thing’s for certain, you surely know,

They’re both real sweeties when they do-si-do!

Dancing part-ners, that’s what they are—

But Tramp don’t drink, and he’s far from the bar,

And even at that, they’re a sweetheart pair,

One New York suckah and his Russian Bear.

Quite a life, we think, they could surely have led,

So long as the one respects the other’s bed...

(Or maybe we’re wrong here, just don’t know--)

The Russkie’s got a wife?  (Or maybe a beau!)

In any case it’s rumored that one of them says

He has goods on the other from a Russian bed,

And all will be well so long as both play the game

And harlots in Russia will never be the same.

Pootin and Tramp, ain’t they a pair?

Runnin’ round, hand in hand, everywhere!

One thing’s for certain, you surely know,

They’re both real sweeties when they do-si-do!


P.T. Barnum, uh, No! No! (c) 2018 Stephen V. Geddes