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presents
Volume 7772
JOHN MARTIN THE POET
THE BALLAD OF ED BURROUGHS
(To the tune of "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"
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Come, listen to a story 'bout a man named Ed,
Strugglin' for new ways to keep his family fed,
And then one day while sittin' in a room,
He started on a story 'bout a guy on Barsoom
(John Carter, green men, a pretty girl)
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Well the next thing you know the cash is rollin' in,
So Ed thinks he'd better get to writin' once again,
He writes about a baby who's adopted by an ape,
The people buy and read it with their kissers agape.
(Tarzan, cannibals, a pretty girl)
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From alleys in Chicago to beyond the farthest stars,
Everything from kalkars to the hungry dinosaurs,
A rocket ride to Venus and a Gypsy with a bear,
Bandits and Apaches and a regent with red hair.
(Manly men, villains, pretty girls)
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By March 19 in '50 Ed had taken his last stroll,
No more would he be writin' 'bout the diggin' Iron Mole,
But all his stories are in print for everyone to read,
About the bold adventurers who ever took the lead.
(Strange places, constant danger, pretty girls).
