To Bob Burdette

                      Written at the Buffalo Convention, American Press Humorists,

                                        on “Bob Burdette Day”, Sept. 11, ‘09

Dear Bob Burdette

We much regret

You were not with us when we met,

     Dear Bob Burdette.

     There wast’ no day

     But some would say,

Wish Bob Burdette were here today

     There was no day.

     The funny chaps

     Give many slaps,

And are a bit too gay perhaps,

     The funny chaps.

     But we are true,

     And feel for you,

And love you, Bob, indeed we do.

     Our love is true.

     Yes, Bob Burdette,

     We love you yet,

God only knows how we regret;

     Dear Bob Burdette.

Sept. 13, ‘09

Robert Jones Burdette (July 30, 1844 – November 19, 1914) was an American humorist and clergyman who became noted through his paragraphs in the Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye.

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