Maggie’s By My Side

Maggie's By My Side 2179 The land of my home is litting Flitting from my view: A gale in the sall is sitting: Tolls the merry crew Here let my home be On the water's side: I roam with a proud heart- Maggie's by my side Refrain- My own…

The Dearest Spot On Earth To Me

The Dearest Spot on Earth to Me 5002 The dearest spot on earth to me, In home, sweet home, The fairyland I've longed to see, la home, sweet home There how charmed the sense of hearing There where hearts are so endearing, Anthomer id tet…

Take Back Your Gold

Take Back Your Gold 4224 I saw a youth and maiden on a lonely eity street And thought them lovers at their meeting piace, Until as I drew near I heard the girl's sad volee entreat The one who heeded not her tear stained face I only ask…

Going Home

Going Home 5284 I tread each mountain waste austere, Lpass dark pinelands, hill by liat; Each tardy sunrise brings me near, Vach lonely sunset nearer still Slag low, my heart, of other lands And suns we may have loved, or Inown: This silent…

The Old Boys In The Dance

The Old Boys in the Dance 2942 I It sorter sets me thinkin' that I've got another chance- To see the old-time fellers goin' roun'…

They Shall Awake

They Shall Awake 1804 They burled him, the friends who loved him so With fragrant balm and spices rich and sweet, "The Master's dead!" with bitter tears they cry: "The cruel nail prints mark his hands and feet We thought our Lord some day…

Rose

Rose 4421 But the rose turns from its temporary es- trangement as an emblem of war, to Its natural place as a symbol of love and peace in the beautiful lines writ- ten by the unknown Yorkist soldier- poet to his Lancastrian lady-love: "If…

Song Of The Thrush

Song of the Thrush 25511 Ah, the May was grand this mornin'! Shure, how could I feel forlorn in Such a land, when tree and flowers tossed their kisses to the breeze? Could an Irish heart be quiet While the spring was running riot, An' the…

In The Heart Of The Woods

IN THE HEART OF THE WOODS 4032 In the heart of the woods there is love I know, for I found! There's a carpet spread down for your feet, There are fragrances, lulling and sweet, There are posies abloom all around, And a banner of blue floats…

Her Clothes

HER CLOTHES 4042 The short sleeved girl my fancy takes, And here I let her know it; Her softly dimpled elbow makes My heart wake up and go it! Fair arm, so well worth looking at, I deem it little wonder that She rather likes to show it O,…

My Rosary

My Rosary 5287 I slip between my fingers, ero I rest, My rosary, its heads count one by one, I name the friends of all I love the best; My dear ones near, until my task is done When I have said for each a little prayer, May I add one more…

I Love To Live

I Love to Live 845 "I love to live," said an aged man, Whose hour of dying was near at hand Think you such words from him were wi The old man was again a child Be it ever thus in this fallen world, Is the banner of hope to the breeze unfu And…

The Rubaiyat Of Armour Khayyam

The Rubaiyat of Armour Khayyam 5115 Our own and inimitable Wallace Irwin is guilty of writing a parody on Omar Khayyam to the theme of the beef trust He claims originality in the invention, and has applied for letters patent Irwin follows the originalquite…

Friday

Friday 3834 The flowers live by the tears that fall From the end face of the skies, And life would have no foys at all Were there no watery eyes Love thon thy sorrow: grief shall bring Its own excuse in after years; The rainbow! see how…

Looking For Trouble

Looking for Trouble 4096 Yes, trouble is something that fow persons seek, But the lover who tries to secure A bride with much gold, "to have and to hold," Is courting Miss Fortune, for sure

Take A Trip In My Airship

Take a Trip in My Airship 3042 I have a sallor, the sailor loves me, And salls every night to my horie ile's not a sailor that sails o'er the sea, Or over the wild briny foam For he owns an airship and sails upon high, He's just like a…

Sweet Evelina

Sweet Evelina 2126 Way down in the meadow Where the lily first blows, Where the winds from the mountain Never ruffles the rose Lives fond Evelina, the sweet little dove, The pride of the valley The girl that I love Chorus Sweet Evelina, dear…

Because Of You

Because of You 1283 Sweet have I known the blossoms of the morning Tenderly tinted to their hearts of dew; But now my flowers have found a fuller fragrance Because of you Long have I worshiped in my soul's enshrining High visions of the…

A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother

A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother 1273 I've been thinking of late Of a time that's passed away Of a friends in whom I could confide Of my dear old mother's knce, Around which I used to play, How I missed her sweat face when she died How…

Mary’s Pets

MARY'S PETS 5009 Mary had a little lamb, One day it got the croup; She sold it to a packing house- It's now canned ox-tail roup Mary had to have a pet; She bought a cunning cow Which died of splitting headaches soon: It's country sausage…