IN KENTUCKY.

By Edwin Carty Ranck

The moonlight may be softest

In Kentucky,

And summer days come oftest

In Kentucky,

But friendship is the strongest

When the money lasts the longest

Or you sometimes get in wrongest

In Kentucky.

Sunshine is the brightest

In Kentucky,

And a right is often rightest

In Kentucky,

While plain girls are the fewest,

They work their eyes the truest,

They leave a fellow bluest

In Kentucky.

All debts are treated lightest

In Kentucky,

So make your home the brightest

In Kentucky,

If you have the social entree

You need never think of pay,

Or, at least, that's what they say

In Kentucky.

Orators are the proudest

In Kentucky,

And they always talk the loudest

In Kentucky.

While boys may be the fliest,

Their money is the shyest,

They carry bluffs the highest

In Kentucky.

Pedigrees are longest

In Kentucky,

Family trees the strongest

In Kentucky.

For blue blood is a pride,

But, if you've ever tried

You'll find‘ sporting blood’ inside

In Kentucky.

Society is exclusive

In Kentucky,

So do not be intrusive

In Kentucky.

If you want the right of way,

And have the coin to pay,

You'll be in the swim to stay

In Kentucky.

The race track's all the money

In Kentucky,

But do n't you go there, sonny

In Kentucky.

For, while thoroughbreds are fleetest,

They get your coin the neatest,

And leave you looking seediest

In Kentucky.

Short-skates are the thickest

In Kentucky,

They spot a sucker quickest

In Kentucky.

They'll set up to a drink,

Get your money‘ fore you think,

And you get the “dinky dink”

In Kentucky.

If you want to be fraternal

In Kentucky,

Just call a fellow “Colonel”

In Kentucky,

Or, give a man a nudge

And say, “How are you, Judge?”

For they never call that “fudge”

In Kentucky.

But when you have tough luck

In Kentucky,

In other words “get stuck”

In Kentucky,

Just raise your voice and holler

And you'll always raise a dollar,

While a drink is sure to follow

In Kentucky.

‘ Tis true that birds sing sweetest

In Kentucky,

That women folk are neatest

In Kentucky,

But there are things you should n't tell

About our grand old State — and, well —

Politics is h —— l

In Kentucky.