Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.

Anyone can get lucky in america. I remind myself of this everyday.
 The first nickel i ever earned,
 I keep in a little silver frame.
 It's how i gave my company a name,
 Reminding me how very far i came!
 I was a
 Maker of the silhouettes
 Who made a small improvement-
 A little book of silhouettes
 That simulated movement.
 Well, people seemed to like it,
 Soon the money's going clink!
 And i'm buffalo nickel photoplay, inc!
 I go from
 Silhouettes to photos.
 I invent a small projector,
 And soon, i'm making movies
 And they're calling me director!
 An industry is dawning
 And i'm standing on the brink-
 Mister buffalo nickel photoplay, inc!
 Life shines from the shadow screen
 Comical, yet infinitely true.
 People love to see what people do,
 Here where everyone is someone new.
 Such tales from the shadow screen!
 Little men who never get the breaks,
 Fighting on till something fin'lly takes-
 What a lovely movie it all makes!
 Well, business is booming
 I'm happy to say.
 I just made a contract
 To film for pathe
 A series of chapters
 That end in suspense-
 Each week, see what's next
 For another five cents!
 And i am
 Waking every morning
 Filled with such anticipation!
 I frame the sea,
 I frame the sky.
 And this is my vacation.
 I shake your hand,
 I kiss your hand,
 I buy you all a drink!
 And maybe if you chance to see
 A movie that was made by me
 Remember when the name goes by
 That's ash-k-e-n-a-z-y
 The baron, now american,
 Who happened once to think
 Of silhouette and flicker book
 And movies as they're meant to look
 And buffalo nickel photoplay, inc!
 Action!