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[image:  pen and ink caricature of a balding man with a mustache, standing on a log in the water, holding what looks like a reins attached to the log. "Elks" and "Masons" appear on the board fence beside him and the water]
  
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    WILLIAM J. LANNIGAN,  WATERVILLE,  MAINE.~
  
WILLIAM
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HE'S busy as a local freight
 
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    A getting in the logs,
J.
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He simply can't procrastinate
 
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    For pulp-machines are hogs:---
LANNIGAN, WATERVILLE, MAINE.
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To satisfy all their demands
 
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    He ought to have four pairs of 'hands.
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E'S busy as a local freight
 
A getting in the logs,
 
He simply can't procrastinate
 
For pulp-machines are hogs:To satisfy all their demands
 
He ought to have four pairs of 'hands.
 
 
All up along the Somerset,
 
All up along the Somerset,
He is the handy man:
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    He is the handy man:
 
For Hollingsworth & Whitney get
 
For Hollingsworth & Whitney get
Their logs from Lannigan.
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    Their logs from Lannigan.
 
Moose River and Dead River too
 
Moose River and Dead River too
He helps to get the timber thru.
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    He helps to get the timber thru.
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He never seems to pull or push;
 
He never seems to pull or push;
But gets there, just the same.
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    But gets there, just the same.
For, up there, 10 the northern bush,
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For, up there, in the northern bush,
He has a well-earned name.
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    He has a well-earned name.
Of everything, to Im'ge extent,
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Of everything, to large extent,
He director is, or president.
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    He director is, or president.
It's noted up in Northern ~Iaine,
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That men who know the woods,
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It's noted up in Northern Maine,
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    That men who know the woods,
 
Are apt to be retiring men
 
Are apt to be retiring men
In all their social moods,
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    In all their social moods,
 
So I will let the picture tell
 
So I will let the picture tell
The other things we know full well,
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    The other things we know full well,
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Revision as of 02:58, 18 March 2017

[image: pen and ink caricature of a balding man with a mustache, standing on a log in the water, holding what looks like a reins attached to the log. "Elks" and "Masons" appear on the board fence beside him and the water]

   WILLIAM J. LANNIGAN,  WATERVILLE,  MAINE.~

HE'S busy as a local freight

    A getting in the logs,

He simply can't procrastinate

    For pulp-machines are hogs:---

To satisfy all their demands

    He ought to have four pairs of 'hands.

All up along the Somerset,

    He is the handy man:

For Hollingsworth & Whitney get

    Their logs from Lannigan.

Moose River and Dead River too

    He helps to get the timber thru.

He never seems to pull or push;

    But gets there, just the same.

For, up there, in the northern bush,

    He has a well-earned name.

Of everything, to large extent,

    He director is, or president.

It's noted up in Northern Maine,

    That men who know the woods,

Are apt to be retiring men

    In all their social moods,

So I will let the picture tell

    The other things we know full well,