Success

Success written by William Henry Davies

From "The Birth Of Song", 1936

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Sharpen your claws, Pussy-cat,
For a bird newly flown;
While a bird cleans its beak
For a snail on a stone.
Powder your face, fair Woman,
Still thinking of Man.
If the cat gets a bird,
She will purr all she can;
If a bird gets a snail,
We shall hear a sweet carol.
When a Woman gets Man,
Tell me - why must she quarrel?

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