by Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004)
The second‑oldest profession
Language: English
Well, Gerald Ford was a Communist --
pardon me - a Congressman....
Facts are stupid things.
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession.
I have come to realize that it bears
a very close resemblance to the first.
Facts are stupid things.
Text Authorship:
- by Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004), quotes from various speeches assembled by Gary Bachlund [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The second-oldest profession", 2007 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from Seven Presidential Pardons, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-12
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Word count: 41