by Jerome D. Kern

“ Don't you want a paper, dearie? Read it through and through. Tales of war and tales of money, Things that people do; Tales of lovers true forever, Just like me and you! Look a little closer, dearie, That's in the paper too. [Verse]
So they made believe to read the paper: Clever little game! Till the rest observed their little caper, Thought they'd try the same. Ev'ryone a paper seem'd a-needing, News boys humm'd the tune. Then they sat in couples, closely reading, All the afternoon.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1928. ”