H. L. Mencken

“ Weaver who first directed attention to the obvious fact that the American proletarian is not comic to himself but quite serious, and that he carries on his most lofty and sentimental thoughts in the same tongue he uses in discussing baseball. ”

“ You get so tired of records, hearin’ an’ hearin’ ’em, And when a person don’t have much to spend They feel they shouldn’t ought to be so wasteful. And then these warm nights makes it slow inside, And sittin’s lovely down there by the lake Where him and me would always use ta go. He thought the Vic’d make it easier Without him; and it did at first. I’d play Some jazz-band music and I’d almost feel His arms around me, dancin’ ”