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...
:^)
178 posted on 07/26/2002 8:43:04 PM PDT by general_re