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This is a speech in which young Ludlow, a poor paperboy in Victorian
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(Recite like speech)
PAPERS,
PAPERS,
ALL ABOUT THE LATEST GRISLY CAPERS.
NEWS,
NEWS,
GOOD FOR WRAPPING FISH UP IF YOU CHOOSE!
Please!
I’M A POOR LITTLE PAPER BOY.
I SELL THE LONDON TIMES.
WHEN NOT ON THE BREAD LINES,
I LIVE OFF THE HEADLINES
OF LOCAL MISFORTUNES AND CRIMES.
I WAS ORPHANED WHILE ONLY TWELVE
WHEN DAD DIED YESTERDAY.
AND NOW I AM HOMELESS
AND BATHLESS AND COMBLESS
WITH EVEN MORE GLOOM ON THE WAY.
LIFE IS TOUGH WHEN YOU’RE
BEST DESCRIBED AS POOR,
WITH A NEWSPAPER FOR
YOUR PILLOW.
WON’T SOME FOLKS HAVE ME
JOIN THEIR FAMILY?
NOT TO ROAM STREETS AND BE
WHERE SMOKE STACKS
(Coughing from smoke:)
BILLOW.
WHEN YOU’RE ONLY A PAPER BOY,
YOUR PROSPECTS AIN’T TOO HIGH:
YOU’LL BE THE RECEIVER
OF SCORN AND BLACK FEVER
AND EARN SO FEW COINS, YOU COULD CRY!
OH MY!
OH MY!
A POOR LITTLE PAUPER,
PAPER
BOY AM I!
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