The Menace Of Reform

THE MENACE OF REFORM 4471 When the plaints of the reformers bring about the childless flat, When the women of the future deign to wear the birdless hat, When the magazines, muck-rakelens, tell about the germtess beef, When the Fourth is wholly…

The Prairie In Spring

The Prairie in Spring 102-2 Flaming clouds athwart the hiil, Broken ice and flashing rill; Oozy marge of brimming slough That the coming drake hath drew See his green, inquiring head, Lifted from the snail-strewn bed! Mark the gopher's…

Y Y Y Man

Y Y Y Man 4368 There is a farmer who is Y Y Enough to take his EE And study nature with his I I, And think of what he C C He hears the chatter of the J J As they each other тт And sees that when a tree DKK It makes a home for B B A…

Green Grows The Laurel

Green Grows the Laurel 84-7 I once list a true love, but now I have honel She has gone und left me, I live all alone I live all alone, and contented I'll be Till she finds another one better than ma Chorus- Green grows the laurel, clinging…

Rock Of Ages

Rock of Ages 116-1 "Rock of ages, cleft for ine" Thoughtlessly & maiden sung Fell the words inconsciously, From her girlish gleeful longue: Sang as little children sing Sang va sing the birds in June, Fell the words like light leaves down,…

Grin And Bear It

Grin and Bear It 2823 My Uncle Si, a strange old chap, Would never fret or worry: He jogged along good naturedly, An' didn't rush or hurry Remember when I'd stub my toe He'd say: "My boy, don't care-it Soon'll get all well again- Just grin…

Evening On The Prairie

Evening On The Prairie Mary D McFadden 13 Tonight, dear heart, when the smoke hangs low Between my eyes and the sunset's glow My heart turns back from the futile town, To the plains, where the dusk comes setting down Over the prairie we used…

Where The Cocklebur Grows

Where the Cocklebur Grows 1224 Although fertile the soll If there be lack of toil Unremittingly done in between the long rows: Makes the farmer forlorn When he gathers his corn, In fields that are foul where the cockle- bur grows In the…