FOR OUR JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
AND GOD'S OWN CREATION
of GEORGE PUTNAM, SR.

VIA CON DIOS !!   SIGNOR



written by the once H. F. LLOYD III
                                                   M'HEAD NECK
                                             -- and don't forget
                                             -- them Teddies
                                       -  + A NOTE OF THANKS
                                              TO A YOUNG
                                              BLACK,
                                               MAN, LAWRENCE,
                                                      CLEANING THE
                                                            FUNCTION ROOMS
"  OLD ABBOTT CAME
T' OVERSEE
WHAT FRANCIS LOWELL
BROUGHT FROM                            LATE ONE NIGHT, DRAKE HOTEL, CHICAGO SEPT. 2010
   ACROSS THE SEA                                        
TO NEW ENGLAND                              
FOR AH' DESTINY.


BUT SAMUEL PUTNAM
DID PROFESS OR RULE
THAT WE MUST BE
AS PRUDENT AS A HE
COULD BE, T' ALLOW SOME
TO SEE NEW ENGLAND , STILL , 
FROM 'CROSS THAT SEA.

WITH ICE AND MILK AND ALSO SALT
WINNEMUCCA NEVADA'S ICE CREAM
SHALL EVER BE, WITH THE SOUTHERN SWEETNA'
A MARBLEHEADER OAR' A YANKEE'S HEARTFELT DREAM
 + ADD A GOOD GLASS OF ICE WATER CHAStER."