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- The Children's Poet
- Lyricist, poet ("Little Boy Blue", "Wynken, Blynken and Nod") newspaper columnist and author, educated at Williams College, Knox College, and the University of Missouri. He began his newspaper work in St. Joseph, Missouri, and then worked in St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver and Chicago between 1883 and 1895. He was an early columnist for the newspaper 'Sharps & Flats' and the Chicago 'Morning News', and he also wrote poems for his columns. Beginning in 1940, his works came under ASCAP, and his poems were later set to music.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234!
- [on babies] A baby is a bald head and a pair of lungs.
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