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The clipping this text was read from
The clipping this text was read from

tHE PRINTER

It may be sad, but still ’tis true, There’s one thing all us humans

do,

And that is, blame the printer. He does his best, without our help, For all we do is stand and yelp, Then cuss, and blame the printer.

We write our manuscript by pen. To read it is bevond our ken, Yet we expect the printei To dope it out and get it right. We think not of his time or sight; If wrong—we blame the printer. We hold our stuff until the last, Then try to rush it through so fast The printer gets snowed under, But still we camp upon his trail, And prod him on with woeful tale,

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