Classic Poem

PRESIDENT HARDING'S SONG

If you'd seek exalted station in our great and glorious nation,
If, to put it in a word, you want to rise,
Cho . — Want to rise,
On all problems big and little, you had best be noncommittal:
You'll avoid all mooted questions if you're wise,
Cho . — If you're wise.
If you're dignified and stately and deport yourself sedately,
Utter platitudes in deep sonorous speech,
If you'll hark to Uncle Warren and avoid all questions foreign,
There's no limit to the heights to which you'll reach.
Chorus
Take this tip from Uncle Warren,
Shun all complications foreign,
And domestic problems carefully eschew.
Cultivate a stately manner,
Wave the old star-spangled banner,
And the Chimes of Normalcy will ring for you.