Classic Poem

If you ever visit Florida,
Pray don't miss Jacksonville;
It is the place of all places,
Where the Negro has climbed the hill.

There is a bunch of business men there
Who really make things hum,
A. L. Lewis, J. H. Blodgett,
And Charles H. Anderson.

W. J. Geter, B. C. Vanderhorst,
And W. W. Parker, too,
Joe James and son and J. S. McLane,
And Belton on Florida Avenue.

There's Abbott with his book store,
Walker with his business college,
Don't forget the People's Drug Store,
And Pratt filed with embalming knowledge.

They have some business women, too,
Mrs. Madison Williams on the hill,
On Broad street Mrs. Kirkpatrick,
Mrs. Sumpter and Mrs. McGill.

Then come to the professions,
Such as doctors, lawyers and teachers,
They have them by the dozens,
And scores of excellent preachers.