We ought to buy each other’s books,
for how else will they sell?
Instead of sneaking furtive looks,
we ought to buy each other’s books
when seen on tables or in nooks
to help us to do well.
We ought to buy each other’s books,
for how else will they sell?
So, when the poet begs us, Please!
then offers us a deal,
we should not hesitate to seize
the moment. “Buy it! Please!”
should do the trick. Why sweat the mea-
sly cost when it’s a real
favor? When poets beg us, Please!
we ought to take the deal.
And then, when our next book comes out,
they’ll have to buy ours too.
They know what this is all about,
so when our next new book comes out,
just watch, and you will see, no doubt,
how turnabout is true.
Yes, when our next new book comes out,
they’ll have to buy ours too.