(M.
Clement, the builder f a big dirigible balloon, has invited Theodore Roosevelt
to make an ascension during his visit in France)
O,
don’t you do it, Teddy,
No matter what the boon,
Don’t
accept the invitation
To try out that French balloon.
No
matter how they urge you,
You’ll do well, I’ll be bound,
Just
to keep your understanding
Safe upon the solid ground.
You
can flay the thickest jungle
In a manner most sublime;
You
can twist a lion’s wig-wag,
And subdue him every time.
But
O, Teddy, stop and listen,
When you’re miles up in the air,
You
can’t shoot yourself to safety
If the bag goes on a tear.
Don’t
you fly too high, O, Teddy,
Though you like to be on top;
If
the bubble should be punctured
It would be an awful drop.
Don’t
you let them fool you, Teddy,
Win your eye and let them croon;
Keep
your feet on terra firma,
Don’t you tackle that balloon.
April
17, 1910
San Francisco Call, Volume 107, Number 139, 18 April 1910, p.1
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY), Friday Sept. 16, 1910, p. 19
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