The Hitch Hiker's Litany

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The Hitch Hiker's Litany</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> <I><B>Ulysses the Greek went far to seek</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Whatever the world might offer,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But he had a ship when he made the trip</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And a bit of cash in the coffer;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Whenever</B></I><I><B> I </B></I><I><B>start to ramble the chart</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>With my gipsy blood a-hum,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>My </B></I><I><B>traveler's pile is a pleading smile</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And a hopefully jerking thumb.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Hitch? Hitch?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I stand by the ditch</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(On the rise of a hill is best)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>All set to cruise </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Wherever I choose</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>North, East, South or West.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>I'll never amass the price of gas,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I never can buy a tire,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But I'll pay my fare by patching a spare</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Or prying you from the mire;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>See that I'm fed or buy me a bed</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>My thanks will suffice, I trust,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Along with the lifts I'll take your gifts</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Or earn them, if I must.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Hitch? Hitch?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>My feet have an itch,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But not for footing it far,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They tingle to feel</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Beneath each heel</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The floorboard of a car.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Oh why stay shut in the same old hut</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>To breakfast and dine and sup,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>When the world is wide and the Fates provide</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>That </B></I><I><B>some</B></I><I><B>one will pick you up?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Limousine, truck--I'll trust to luck</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>There's always a lot to see,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>If under my feet there's an engine's bear</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Everything's jake with me!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Hitch? Hitch?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>My pulses twitch</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>With the restless hobo leaven;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>When the last trump's blowed</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'll be by the road</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Jerking my thumb towards Heaven!</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I><A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Life Magazine"><U><I>Life Magazine</I></U></A><I> - </I><I>April 10, 1931</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>