Tom Johnson

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    The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
    And proves by thumps upon your back
    How he esteems your merit,
    Is such a friend, that one had need
    Be very much his friend indeed
    To pardon or to bear it.
    William Cowper (1731–1800)

    Gee, boy, when you sing, I can close my ears
    And hear tom-toms just as plain.
    Listen to me, will you, what do I know
    About tom-toms? But I like the word, sort of,
    Don’t you? It belongs to us.
    —Helene Johnson (b. 1907)