Balked
ReflectionsBalked
2759
There weA Aut he got stuck
Upon this "simple life;'
He said that we would try to cut
His ways of wearing strife,
But found alas! it was no use,
For he possessed wife
What?
ReflectionsWhat?
5594
The summer girl who wears her heart
Upon her sleeve in pleasure mute,
What does she with it when she bathes
In her scant, sleeveless bathing suit
-Puck
The Days
ReflectionsThe Days
27510
Got to start another week!
Laws-a-goodness, me!
Days, dey seems to hop along
As hasty as kin be
I likes to min' my manners,
But It ain't no use to try:
I can't say "Howdy, Monday,"
Foh nex Saturday comes byl
It ain't…
The Girl With A Calico Dress
ReflectionsThe Girl with a Calico Dress
5916
A fig for your upper-ten girls
With their velvets and satins and laces
Their diamonds and rubles and pearls
And their milliner figures and faces
They may chine at a party or ball
Embellished with half…
The Farmer
ReflectionsTHE FARMER
4896
"Land of our birth, our faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died,
Oh, Motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart and hand through years to be!
It would seem as if the farmer of
New York had memorized the above,…
Things
ReflectionsThings
4363
We like to hear him tell of things
That aren't goin' right;
About the that brings
Such trouble, day and night
When he's up to speak, a mile
Is not too much to walk,
The journey's allus worth the while
We like to hear him talk
He…
Cherries Are Ripe
ReflectionsCHERRIES ARE RIPE
5765
Under the tree, the farmer said,
Smiling, and shaking his wise old head,
"Cherries are ripe; but then, you know,
There's the grass to cut and the corn to hoe;
We can gather the cherries any day,
But when the sun shines…
Another Stanza
ReflectionsAnother stanza
1862
I have read a strenuous gospel of the square and righteous deal
To: "The more the robber spreads him- self the bigger is hte steal
Let the hero with the big stich I am the rascals till they squal,
While Kansas Marcbes on"
…
Life In Atlanta Yet
ReflectionsLIFE IN ATLANTA YET
4792
No matter how the weather goes,
We're sure to have a showin',
For there'll be corn enough to keep
The moonshine stills a-goin'!
The boys are busy 'long the line
Who dodge the tax internal
(A little sugar, please,…
The Ghostly Wind
ReflectionsThe Ghostly Wind
5823
De lonesome Win' he holler w'en de night wuz in de middle:
"Ef you lemme in I'll show you how I knows ter play de fiddle:
Done had de leaves a-dancin' fum de very break er day,
But, blowin' s'ch a lively tune, I danced…
Where Is Hep
ReflectionsWhere Is Hep
4478
We've had the muckrakers,
The scandal and crime
And now for the man
With the chloride of lime
-Milwaukee Sentinel
Puffs
ReflectionsPuffs
2292
(With Apologies to Rudyard Kipling and Professor Morse Stephens)
He smokes smokes - - smokes-smokes, amokin' over Berkeley!
Smokes-smokes-smokes-smokes, smo in' over Berkeley! smok-
(Puft-puft-puff putt, breathing in and out again!)…
Behind The Dinner Horn
ReflectionsBehind The Dinner Horn
2622
Oh, the harvest days are coming, Tessledear,
And tho' slow they'll very soon be here,
When with ples and Jams and roasts
You can dish 'em out your boasts
How to cook thiugs on the homestead,
…
The Widow’s Lot
ReflectionsTHE WIDOW'S LOT
2763
Міs Pikes Jes called the fust time fer
A month o Sundays I've seen her-
She took on scan'luss about me
A-litlu here alone, an' she
Jes up au said, "A ranch was not
The place fer widders," an' she sot
An' harped…
What Did You Use To Do
ReflectionsWhat Did You Use To Do
576
Th boy's just old enough to play
These little fellers games
Like "blind man's buff" an-anyway,
I can't recall the names
He's just as glad as glad can be
At learnin' somethin new,
An keeps forever askin' me:…
The Irish Pipes
ReflectionsTHE IRISH PIPES
4472
I heard the piper playing
The piper old and blind:
And know its secret saying-
The voice of the summer wind
I heard clear waters falling,
Lapping from stone to stone
The wood dove crying and calling
Ever alone, alone
I…