I'll never smoke tobacco, It is a filthy weed— I'll never p… - Randolph Bedford

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I'll never smoke tobacco,
It is a filthy weed—
I'll never put it in my mouth,'
Said little Bobby Reed.'For there is idle Jerry Jones,
As lazy as a pig,
Who smoked a clay pipe all day long,
And thought it made him big.

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(born George Randolph Bedford; 27 June 1868 – 7 July 1941) was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.

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