Poor William's Almanack, May 25, 2005, <i>Oklahoma!</i>

Ben Franklin's bifocals Wednesday, May 25, 2005

[1787 - State Delegates convene at Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention]

Ralph Waldo Emerson - still has it right

[1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, poet,
philosopher, born in Boston, Massachusetts]

[1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer,
born in Richmond, Virginia]

[1886 - Philip Murray, labor leader,
founder CIO, born in Blantyre, Scotland]

[1889 - Igor Sikorsky, engineer of the first successful helicopter, born in Kiev, Ukraine]

[1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis III, jazz musician, born in Alton, Illinois]

[1935 - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in one hour]

Oklahoma!

The Farmer and Cowman Number Oklahoma! Album
Farmer and Cowman Hoedown

Oklahoma is a hoot.
Music, lyrics, and book to boot.
In "Farmer and Cowman" Aunt Eller sings
What America's message to others should:
"I don't say I'm no better than anybody else,"
"But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good."

Farmer and Cowman hoedown

William's Whimsical Words:

Sing along with me: "Now, the Christian and the Muslim must be friends."

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