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Famous Second Fiddle Poems by Famous Poets

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by Lawson, Henry

...breeding by a word or by a sign, 
If you're proud because of fortune or the clever things you do -- 
Then I'll play no second fiddle: I'm a prouder man than you! 

If you think that your profession has the more gentility, 
And that you are condescending to be seen along with me; 
If you notice that I'm shabby while your clothes are spruce and new -- 
You have only got to hint it: I'm a prouder man than you! 

If you have a swell companion when you see me on the street, 
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