Says New York to Yokohama, To Calcutta and Bombay, To Peking, Manila, Bangkok, Sydney, Shanghai, Mandalay: "I am building you a channel Safe and easy -- I'm the boss! It's a short and simple journey. Come and see me: cut across!" This the call of San Francisco To Berlin and Liverpool, To Vienna, Cairo, London, Naples, Paris, and Stamboul: "I am making you a roadway, It's a modern, mighty foss; And the distance now is -- nothing. Come and see me: cut across!" Uncle Sam says to the nations, Nations big and nations small: "I am keeping open house now, And invite you to a call. For the world is growing narrow, And an ocean but a toss, When our ships can pierce an isthmus. Come and see me: cut across!" And the nations sing in chorus, Sing a song of happy peace: "Now we are so close together, It is time that wars should cease. Fighting is a wretched business; Loss, and loss, and only loss. Let us live as friends and neighbors, -- Visit often, -- cut across!" |