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That would actually be the character "Sky Masterson" quoting his father in "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown," a short story in Damon Runyon's collection entitled "Guys & Dolls" published in 1932, which was the basis of the musical comedy of the same name 20+ years later.

Good old Damon Runyon....

When you see a guy,
Making shapes in the rye,
You can bet
That he's doing it for some doll...

:^)

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When you see a guy,
Making shapes in the rye,
You can bet
That he's doing it for some doll...

When you spot a gent,
in a meadow near Kent,
You can bet
That he's doing for some doll.....