N-Four Prominent Bastards
C-trad: Solomon Levi
A-Ogden Nash
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L-       I'm an  au-to- cra-tic  fi- gure in these de-mo-cra-tic states,     A   dan-dy  de-mon- stra-tion of he- re-di-  ta- ry traits;
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L-      As the chil-dren of the ba-kers make the most de-li-cious breads, And the sons of Ca-sa- no- va  fill the most ex-clu-sive beds,
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L-      And the Bar-ry-mores and Roose-velts  and   o-thers I  could name,    In-he-  ri-  ted the fea-tures that per-pe-tu-ate their fame
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L-      My    po- si-tion in the struc-ture of so-ci-  e-  ty  I  owe      To  the qua-li-ties my pa-  rents  be- queathed me long a-go.
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L-     Now   my  dad- dy   was a  gen-tle-man, and mu-si-cal to   boot,       He  used to play pi -a- no  in   a  house of ill-re- pute;
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L-           My  mo- ther was the ma- dam and a cre- dit to  her  cult;      She liked my dad-dy's play-ing   and I  was  the  re- sult.
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L-        So   my mam-my  and my  pap-py  are the ones I've got to thank: I'm the Chair-man of the Board   of the Na-tio-nal Ci-ty Bank!
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L-       Our       pa-rents for-got to  get mar- ried;    Our pa-rents for-got to get wed.            Did a wed-ding bell chime? It was
B-3/8
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L-      al- ways a  time they were some- where off    in   bed.           So it's thanks to our kind-hear-ted pa-rents,      We're
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L-       kings in this land of the free;          The  ban-ker, the bro-ker, the  Wash-ing-ton jo-ker, three pro-mi-nent bas-tards are
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L-        we.