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Hunter
USA
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 Posted - Jun 16 2006 : 12:10:34 PM
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"Take It Easy" by Robert Service
When I was boxing in the ring
In 'Frisco back in ninety-seven,
I used to make five bucks a fling
To give as good as I was given.
But when I felt too fighting gay,
And tried to be a dinger-donger,
My second, Mike Muldoon, would say:
"Go easy, kid; you'll stay the longer."
When I was on the Yukon trail
The boys would warn, when things were bleakest,
The weakest link's the one to fail-
Said I: "By Gosh! I won't be the weakest."
So I would strain with might and main,
Striving to prove I was the stronger,
Till Sourdough Sam would snap: "Goddam!
Go easy, son; you'll last the longer."
So all you lads of eighty odd
Take my advice-you'll never rue it:
Be quite prepared to meet your God,
But don't stampede yourselves to do it.
Just cultivate a sober gait;
Don't emulate the lively conger;
No need to race, slow down the pace,
Go easy, Pals-you'll linger longer.
Service, Robert. "Take it Easy". Rhymes of a Roughneck. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc., 1950. |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Jun 16 2006 : 12:36:13 PM
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Thanks Hunter..
"No need to race, slow down the pace"
something good to keep in mind.  |
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