The Will And The Way

THE WILL AND THE WAY 5314 There's something I'd have you remember, boys, To help in the battle of life; It will give you strength in the time of need And help in the hour of strife Whenever there's something that should be done, Don't be…

The Coral Inseel

The Coral Inseel 2561 Toll on! Toll out Yo ephemeral train, Wh ouild in the tossing and treacherous main; Toll en! For the wisdom of man ye mock With your sand based structures and domes of rock; Your estumes the fathomless fountains live…

Ethics Of The Dust

Ethics of the Dust 1691 See the madly blowing dust- Dusty dust! How it revels in the gust, How it cove with a crust Of tenacious, moisty must, Ev'ry object in the street, It is monarch of us all - When it rises up we fail: When…

August Days

August Days 3595 In bosky fens the cat-talls swing And wild, rad Intlies blow; And on the hills like signal fires The scarlet authache glow At noon along their wooded banks The streams deep shadows hold, And grain fields billow in the breeze Like…

Business Diplomacy

BUSINESS DIPLOMACY 6002 Ees fat Dootch barber gotta shop Tree door from deesa bootblack stan', An' when he see da trade I gat He try for bust me eef he can, An' so be geeve outside hees shop A chalr for neegger bootblack man You theenk…

The Butterflies Of May

The Butterflies of May 1663 Written for the News Letter by the Marquis de Louville Who knows what may be in the butterflies' wings When they play in the warm air together, If they say in a butterfly's way, loving things From the Tea to the…

Spring

Spring 4688 In the spring Ferdie sat next to his chum on the steps of Old North, caroling college chanties with the Seniors And Ferdie composed the following, which he gave to the soloist, who passed it along until it was split into barber-shop…

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…

The Beggar Girl

The Beggar Girl 3296 Over the mountain and over the moor Barefoot and cold I wander forlorn My father is dead and my mother Is poor She weeps o'er the days that will never return Chorus: Pity, kind gentlemen, friends of humanity, Keen…

Why Am I Sad And Dreary

Why am I Sad and Dreary? 2175 Why am I sad and dreary? Why does my heart grow weary? What, then, but this can cheer me, I soon shall rest in heaven Chorus- When this poor body lles slumbering in the tomb And soft winds gently sigh o'er…

Reason

Reason 3292 While wafts of song blew shoreward, dim and sweet And sleeping still (because unwaked by you) I dreamed and dreamed, and thought my visions truc I woke when all the crimson color faded And wanton Autumn's lips and cheeks were…

Canned Music

CANNED MUSIC 4581 There's a gramophone next door, Cross the street are seven more And about the block I live in there must be at least two weoro (I have counted twenty-four), And they warble and they sing And they do most everything, Ragtime,…

Christmas Gifts

Christmas Gifts 3842 "What did you get for Christmas?" "Oh, nothing much," he said "Nothing but a picture book, And a pair of skates and a sled "And a new fur cap, and a muffler, And a train of cars, and a ball, And a top, and a game,…

Now

Now 633 The golden leaflets fly Around the breezy knoll And wake our heartfelt sigh- Anent the price of coal The doughnut leaps in glee And thrums its dainty lute, And on the willow tree Flip flaps the bathing suit The lush persimmon…

Green Bill

Green Bill 4543 I will tell you of a fellow Of a fellow I have seen; He is neither white nor yellow, But is altogether green His name it is not charming For it's only common Bill Chorus for first, second, and third verse He urges me…

Humility

HUMILITY 5546 Ensainting all the visible world, the dim And reticent night upon the harvest lands In silent benediction lays its hands; Curved as the chine of a great beast, the grim Hill heaves against the sky its shaggy rim- One of the…

For Sale-A Baby

For Sale-A Baby CHARLES K HARRIS 3198 In a cheerless room there sits a sad young mother Holding in her arms a baby so fair and sweet In the pantry there's no food to give the baby There's no shoes to cover up its tiny feet: As she gazes…

The Summer Shirtwaist

THE SUMMER SHIRTWAIST 4631 Oh, peekaboo! I tell you true, As every person knows And must confess, You're almost dress And very nearly clothes Oh, peekaboo! The glimpses you Permit of shoulders white Would tempt, I fear The most austere…

San Francisco

San Francisco By Joaquin Miller 492 Such darkness, as when Jesus died! Then sudden dawn drave all before Two wee brown tomtits, terrified, Flashed through my open cottage door; Then instant out and off again And left a stillness like to…