The Man In The Moon

The Man In the Moon
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And the land of the South was by no means forgotten
He passed with quick step thro’ the great fields of cotton
To the rice and tobacco attention he gave,
Then sat down to ponder, with countenance grave

“I see what’s the matter,” he solemnly mused abused
“The people of earth have been greatly
They toll for these things, working early and late
As I have been told by my friend Up-to- Date
But when speculators have need for the store,
They fix up the prices and pay nothing more!
– And the foolish earth people thus let their crops go,
And seem not to care Perhaps they don’t know
They can make their own prices on Equity’s plan
And get for their products what justice de- mands

“But I must be going I’ll not stay on earth
Where people don’t know what their labor is worth
‘Fore I’ll dump what I grow, like a foolish baboon
I’ll continue my business of riding the moon”