Classic Poem

VERSE

What care I who makes the laws of a nation?
Let those who will take care of its rights and wrongs.
What care I who cares
For the world's affairs,
As long as I can sing its popular songs?

REFRAIN

Let me sing a funny song
With crazy words that roll along,
And if my song can start you laughing,
I'm happy, happy.
Let me sing a sad refrain
Of broken hearts that loved in vain,
And if my song can start you crying,
I'm happy.
Let me croon a lowdown blues
To lift you out of your seat;
If my song can reach your shoes
And start you tapping your feet,
I'm happy.
Let me sing of Dixie's charms,
Of cotton fields and Mammy's arms,
And if my song can make you homesick,
I'm happy.