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Quotation by Gelett Burgess
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Ah, Yes, I Wrote the "Purple Cow"Cinq Ans Après The Burgess Nonsense Book (1914)The Purple Cow"The Sense of Humor" The Romance of the Commonplace (1916)Willy and the LadyRelated Subjects
aging (4) past, the (3) youth (3) life (3) memory (2) history (2) night (2) loss (2) nostalgia (2) caution (2)
I'm Sorry, now, I Wrote it,
But I can Tell you Anyhow,
I'll Kill you if you Quote it.
But I can Tell you Anyhow,
I'll Kill you if you Quote it.
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951), U.S. poet. Ah, Yes, I Wrote the "Purple Cow," (l. 2–4). . .
Norton Book of Light Verse, The. Russell Baker, ed. (1986) W. W. Norton & Company.
Norton Book of Light Verse, The. Russell Baker, ed. (1986) W. W. Norton & Company.
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