Money Mnsk
Money Mnsk
BENJAMIN T TAYLOR
2812
Ah, the buxom girls that helped the boys
The nobler Helens of humbler Troys
As they stripped the husks with rustling fold
From elght rowed corn as vellow as gold
By the candle light in pumpkin bowls,
And the gleams that showed fantastic holes
In the quaint old lantern’s tattooed tin
From the hermit glim set up within;
By the rarer light in girlish eyes
As dark as wells or as blue as skles,
I hear the laugh when the tar la red
I see the blush with the furfelt pald
The cedar cakes with the ancient twist,
The cider cup that the girls have kiszed:
And I see the fiddler through the dusk
As he twangs the ghost of “Money Musk”
The boys and girls in a double row
Walt face to face till the wagle how
Shall whip the tune from the violin
And the merry pulse of the feet begin
In shirt of check, and tastewed hair
The fiddler sits in the bulrush chair
Like Moses’ basket strand there
On the brink rink of Father Nile
He feels the fiddle’s slender neck
Picks out the notes with thrum and check
And times the tune with mod and beck,
And thinks it a wearywhile
All ready! Now he gives the call,
Cries, “Honor to the ladies, all””
The Jolly tides of laughter fall
And ebb in a happy smile
D-o-w-n comes the bow on every string
“First couple join right hands and swing”:
As light as any bluebird’s wing
“Swing once and a half times round”
Whirla Mary Martin all in blue- Cailco gown and stockings new
And tinted eyes that tell you true
Dance all to the dancing sound
She filts about big Moses Brown,
Who holds her hands to keep her down
And thinks her hair a golden crown
And his heart turns over once!
His cheek with Mary’s breath is wet
It gives a second somerset,
He means to win the maiden yet-
Alas, for the awkward dunce!
“Your stoga boot has crushed my toe,
I’d rather dance with one legked Joe
You clumsy fellow!” “Pass below!” first pair dance apart
And the first pair
Then, “Forward, slx,” advance, retreat
Like midgets gay gay in sunbeam street
‘Tis Money Musk by merry feet,
And Money Mosk by heart!