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V.D.B.
When
you have done a mighty deed
You should feel good
And
fame should put you in its lead,
Of course it should.
You
should get credit, wealth and fame,
From sea to shining sea;
If
not your own and given name,
Then V.D.B.
Just
think or Binns, and all the rest,
The fame each wins;
With
more than J.B. is he blest
It’s “brave Jack Binns!”
Just
think of gallant Theodore,
“T.R.,” is he;
This
mighty Russian should get more
Than V.D.B.
Let
jealous politicians scoff,
To rant give vent;
Those
letters three must not come off
The Lincoln cent.
Nay,
let it have the whole blame’ name
That all may see
Enlarge
the penny and the fame
Of V.D.B.!
Aug.
9, ‘09
Published in Jocosities, as ‘The Fame of
V.D.B.’, August 10, 1909
‘V.D.B.’ are the artist’s initials.
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