Gentle Annie

Gentle Annie 3441 Thou wilt come no more, gentle Anniet Like a flower thy spirit did depart Thou art gone, alns, like the many That have bloomed in the summer of my heart Chorus Shall we never more behold thee, Never hear thy winning volce…

The Lord Is My Shepherd

The Lord is My Shepherd 1852 "I have seen the shepherds standing amid the drench of the rain, not taking the flock out of the storm, but staying with the flock in the storm"-Extract from sermon by the Rev William A Quayle, St James' M E…

A March Glee

A March Glee 2404 I hear the wild geese honking From out the misty night, A sound of moving armles On-sweeping in their might; The river ice is drifting Beneath their northward fight I hear the bluebird plaintive From out the morning…

Sweet By And By

Sweet By and By Eugene J Hall 2177 There are faces we fondly recall That have vanished away from this vale Like the leaves of the forest that fall, Not Readable Not Readable Not Readable Not Readable "To our bountiful Father above We…

In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree

In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree 3841 The oriole with joy was sweetly singing The little brook was bab'ling its tune The vilage bells at noon were gayly ringing world rem'd better than a harvest moon For there within my arms I gently pressed…

A Home Pictures

A Home Picture 1853 Ben Fisher had finished his hard day's work, And he wat at his cottage door; His good wife Kate sat by his side, And the moonlight danced on the floor Her beams were plear and bright As when he and Kate, twelve years…

Cross Lots

Cross Lots 4646 Straight it ran through buttercups, Blue eyed grass and timothy, Clover, where the wild bee sups And the tall weed waving free: Just a little trodden lane Narrow as a mower's swath Oh, to set my feet again In that little…

The Other Side Of It

The Other Side of It 21710 She found his love was growing cold, So back to ma she came: Vowed he was cold, but never told His dinners were the same, -Philadelphia Press

All The World To Me

All the World to Me 1477 I love you 'tis the simplest way The thing I feel to tell; Yet if I told it all the day, You'd never guess how well: You are my comfort and my light- My very life you seem: I think of you all day-all night "Tis…

Fingerprints

FINGERPRINTS CHARLTON LAWRENCE EDHOLM 5981 Five little fingers' print On walls, on chairs, on the pane, All through the house our monarch makes That sign and seal of his reign Five little fingers' print On mother's throat to her breast,…

The Old Arm Chair

The Old Arm Chair 2173 Not Readable Not Readable I sat and watch'd her many a day When her eyes grew dim, and her locka were grayi And I almost worship'd har when the smilef And turn'd from her utble to hiras her child Years roll'd on,…

Do You Miss Me Where You Are?

DO YOU MISS ME WHERE YOU ARE? 5223 Do you miss me where you are--- You who held me dear? While you roam from star to star, Do you pause to hear If there be a pleading cry From the world you knew, On the restless wind-swept by, Calling, calling,…

The Sally Bride’s Lament

The Sally Bride's Lament 2712 'Twas early spring, the year was young The flowers they bloomed and the birds they sung And all were glad, but none so giad an Ii For ny love, a salior led, was nigh 'Tis scarce three months since we were wed…

A Creed For June

A CREED FOR JUNE 4043 I believe in the love of the earth for the morning, While tree tops talk of the day to come; I believe in the gladness of hopes a-born- ing While yet the lips of them tremble- dumb I believe in the wet, fresh smell of…

Now

Now 3603 If you have hard work to do Do it now Today the skies are cleary and blue, Tomorrow clouds may come in view, Yesterday is not for you; Do it how If you have a song to sing, Sing it now Let…

A Definance

A Definance 834 I am 60 an' am healthy, an' I've got a grip like steagl; I walk my furrer Atiddy an' you won't git me to squeal; I'm out afield n'workin, at the very peep o' day: I take back seat f'r no one when it comesto pitchin' hay My…

The Patriotic Dragon

The Patriotic Dragon 5595 ("I love my country," said John D Rockefeller to his Sunday school upon his return from abroad) Once upon a time a Dragon Lived in clover on a plain He could eat a horse and wagon And he hated to refrain From…

Darling Chloe

Darling Chloe 2986 In the old Carolina state, where the sweet magnolia blooms, And the pickaninny darky learns to hoe, There is one I long to see, who was always true to me, But I left her many, many years ago 'Mid the cotton and the corn,…

Song For Music

Song for Music CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE 2882 Why do I sing? For you, for you To you is due All praise that song can bring; My heart breaks into song at thought of you Why do I sigh? For you, for you To you I flew The while my breath did die; I…

Si Hubbard

SI Hubbard 5602 'Twas way last spring I think in May, When old Si Hubbard to re did say, "They say that a circus is coming to town; Let us go down and see the clown" So we sold all the hay, oat and corn, In fact we most cleaned out the…