DOWNTRODDEN FARMER’S 3944 Howdy, stranger? Glad ter see yo, Yes, it looks a bit like rain; How are crops? Well, come an’ see ‘om Guess I’ll haftor fust explain In that field where bees are buzzin’ Over all the white an’ green Thar I’m ralsin’ devil wagons- Can’t yo smell the gasoline? In those neres […]
Little Ah Sid 3442 Little Ah Sid Was a Chinese kid- A cute little curs I declare, With eyes full of fun And a nose that begun Right up at the roots of his hair Jolly and fat Was the frollesome brat And played at the long summer day And braided his cue An his […]
A Bar’s Rest 1473 (A Paris restaurant advertises “dinners without music” The cuisine is retined, the wines excel- lent, but It bases its claim to popularity on the absence of music) Oho! let us fly to the continong For we’ve heard a report from Paree- They’ve forbidden the band in a restorong To kick up […]
The Sword of Bunker Hill William Ross Wallace 5492 He lay upon his dying bed, His eye was growing dim, When with a feeble volce he called His weeping son to him “Weep not, my son,” the vet’ran said, “I bow to heaven’s high will, But quickly from yon antlers bring The sword of Bunker […]
Lorena 3774 The years creep slowly by, Lorena, the snow is on the ground again The sun’s low down the sky, Lorena, the frost gleams where the flowers have been: But the heart throbs on as warmly now as when the summer days were nigh: Oh, the sun can never dip so low adown affection’s […]
Charge of the LIght Brigade ALFRED TENNYSON 5634 Flashed all their ambers bare Finshed as they turned in air Hab’ring the gunners there Charging on army, while All the world wondered: Plunged in the battery smoke, Right through the line they broke: Cossack and Russian Reeled from the sabre stroke Shattered and sundered Then they […]
WOMAN 4093 All honor to woman, the sweetheart, the wife, The delight of our fireside by night and by day, Who never does anything wrong in s her life, Except when permitted to have her own way -Fitz-Greene Halleck
Two Ballots 4547 Along in November, when chill was the weather, Two ballots were chatbox torether Two ballots were call together They nestled up close like brother to You couldn’t tell one from the other brother: Chorus: They were both rum votes, and sanctioned the li cense plan; But one was coat by a jolly […]
Political 2484 The politician now begins To hustle for the vote, He’s done the topsy-turvy act And turned his changing coat, And so he works like thunder- And maketh much ado, His little birds will come to roost All in a month or two His bills mount up like Japanese Climbing a circus pole; His […]
You kissed me! My head Dropped low on your breast With a feeling of shelter And infinite rest; While the holy emotions My tongue dared not speak Flashed up in a flame From my heart to my cheek Your arms held me fast; Oh! your arths so bold! Heart beat against heart In their passionate […]
THE FOUR SISTERS 5763 There will come a maiden soon, I ween, Dressed in a cloak of palest green; The robins follow her gentle call, And wild-flowers bloom where her footsteps fall Then will come another with stately trend, In lilies and roses garlanded; Her breath is the essence of all things sweet, And she […]
Questions 1608 Joy comes along with sorrow, And sorrow on with joy: What boots it which we borrow Since each has its alloy? Our life wears death for a jewel And death makes sweet our life; Which is more kind, more cruel, Which more rewards the strife? -N O Times-Democrat
Little Boy Blue EUGENE FIELD 4168 The little toy dog is covered with dust Yet sturdy and stanch he stands; The little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket molds in his hands Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair And that was the tinie […]
Sweet By and By 2754 There’s a land that is fairer than day And by faith we can see it afar: For the Father waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there Chorus- In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore We shall sing on that beautiful […]
THE WAY OUT 2552 Why should weighty problems vex us? Glad commencement time is here, Bringing hosts of wise young persons Who would fix what’s out of gear, There’s the festive auto scorcher- Why not, friends refer his case To some graduate who’d tell us How to keep him in his place? Why, the rate […]
Gentle River 2303 Gentle river, gente river Tell us whither do you glide Through the green and sunny’ mendows With your sweet and murinuring tiče You for many miles must wander, Many lovely prospects see Gentle river, gentle river Oh how happy you must be Gentle river, gentle river Do you hear a word we […]
Uncle Sam’s Farm 909 Of all the mighty nations In the East or In the West Oh this glorious Yankee nation is the greatest and the best, We have room for all creation, And our banner la unfurled, Here’s a general Invitation To the people of the world Chorus Then come along, come along, Make […]
THE BIRD’S NEST 5313 A little bird built a warm nest in a tree, And laid some blue eggs in it-one, two, three; And then very glad and delighted was she- : Very glad and delighted was she And after a time, but how long I can’t tell, The little ones crept one by one […]
WILLIAM ALSO-RANDOLPH HEARST 4641 Willle runs a supplement which al- ways beats the news: Willle runs for president, with noth- ing much to lose- Willie’s always running, whether by request or not Whenever there’s a vacancy, it’s wil- lle-on-the-Spot Frisky Willie, risky Willle, feverish for speed, Prints a rapid journal, so that he who runs […]
The Song of Perry’s Victory 649 Ye tars of Columbia, give ear to my storys Who fought with brave Perry when cannons did Four! Your Valor has kained you an Immortal glory A fame that will last until time is no more Columbian tars are the true sons of Mars They rake fure and aft […]