Tag Archive for: Love and Romance
Locating Uncle Joe
Love and RomanceLocating Uncle Joe
5051
Our Uncle Joe a rover was; he loved to sail the sea
The far-off corners of the globe he sought with fervid glee
And so, to keep our minds at rest and calm our anxious fears,
He sent us postal cards -the kind they…
Shall We Meet Beyond The River?
Love and RomanceShall We meet Beyond the River?
2244
Shall we meet beyond the river,
Where the surges conse troll
Where in all the bright forever
Sorrow ne'er shall press the soul?
Chorus-
Shall we meet, shall we meet,
Shall we meet beyond the river?…
Custer’s Last Charge
Love and RomanceCuster's Last Charge
3845
Who were those so nobly meeting
That wild rush of savage reds?
Husbands were they lovers, brothers,
Sleeping now in gory beds
Hark! A wall from Northland, Southland,
Mourning for our nobio slain;
Custer and his…
Dead
Love and RomanceDead
3707
When I am dead if men can say
He helped the world upon its way,
With all his faults of word and deed
Mankind did have some little need
Of what he gave, then in my grave
No greater honor shall I crave
If they can say if they…
A Sad Tale
Love and RomanceA Sad Tale
4892
Indeed and I was true to Flo,
loved her, and I was her beau
But ah, her vows she soon forgot;
So now, you see, I'm her beau-not!
-HAROLD SUSMAN
The Dearest Spot On Earth To Me
Love and RomanceThe Dearest Spot on Earth to Me
5002
The dearest spot on earth to me,
In home, sweet home,
The fairyland I've longed to see,
la home, sweet home
There how charmed the sense of hearing
There where hearts are so endearing,
Anthomer id tet…
Going Home
Love and RomanceGoing Home
5284
I tread each mountain waste austere,
Lpass dark pinelands, hill by liat;
Each tardy sunrise brings me near,
Vach lonely sunset nearer still
Slag low, my heart, of other lands
And suns we may have loved, or Inown:
This silent…
They Shall Awake
Love and RomanceThey Shall Awake
1804
They burled him, the friends who loved him so
With fragrant balm and spices rich and sweet,
"The Master's dead!" with bitter tears they cry:
"The cruel nail prints mark his hands and feet
We thought our Lord some day…
Her Clothes
Love and RomanceHER CLOTHES
4042
The short sleeved girl my fancy takes,
And here I let her know it;
Her softly dimpled elbow makes
My heart wake up and go it!
Fair arm, so well worth looking at,
I deem it little wonder that
She rather likes to show it
O,…
The Rubaiyat Of Armour Khayyam
Love and RomanceThe Rubaiyat of Armour Khayyam
5115
Our own and inimitable Wallace Irwin is guilty of
writing a parody on Omar Khayyam to the theme of the
beef trust He claims originality in the invention, and
has applied for letters patent Irwin follows the
originalquite…
Looking For Trouble
Love and RomanceLooking for Trouble
4096
Yes, trouble is something that fow persons seek,
But the lover who tries to secure
A bride with much gold, "to have and to hold,"
Is courting Miss Fortune, for sure
Take A Trip In My Airship
Love and RomanceTake a Trip in My Airship
3042
I have a sallor, the sailor loves me,
And salls every night to my horie ile's not a sailor that sails o'er the sea,
Or over the wild briny foam
For he owns an airship and sails upon high,
He's just like a…
Mary’s Pets
Love and RomanceMARY'S PETS
5009
Mary had a little lamb,
One day it got the croup;
She sold it to a packing house-
It's now canned ox-tail roup
Mary had to have a pet;
She bought a cunning cow
Which died of splitting headaches soon:
It's country sausage…
A Brave Deed
Love and RomanceA Brave Deed
2017
'Twas a little mountain village
In a valley, rich and green,
And the setting sun shone brightly
O'er the peaceful, happy scene
Sturdy farmers at their ploughing
Glance up at the setting sun,
Thinking of the happy dreside…
A Dead One
Love and RomanceA DEAD ONE
5632
Brathes there a man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said:
"My trade of late is getting bad:
I'll try another ton-inch ad"
If such there be go mark him well;
For him no bank account will swell,
No angels watch…
A Lover
Love and RomanceA Lover
Clinton Scollard
2072
First her eyes!-I can't express
All the wonder of her eyes;
Truth and trust and tenderness
Dwell there ever, vernal-wise
Next her smile!-I cannot tell
All the marvel of her smile;
'Tis a golden miracle
To…
The Mirror
Love and RomanceTHE MIRROR
5221
A lover sought his loved one's dwelling-place,
And all audacious, craved its hidden grace;
Without the rose-wreathed door, he fearless, knocked----
Oh, grief; to find the cruel portals locked
Then from within, sweet as the…
Wrap Teh Flag Around Me, Hoys
Love and RomanceWrap teh Flag Around Me, Hoys
3998
Oh, wrap the flag around me, boys,
To die were far more sweet
With freedom's starry emblem, boys,
To be my winding sheet
In life I loved to see it wave,
And followed where it led,
But now my eyes grow…
Gentle Annie
Love and RomanceGentle 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…
Cross Lots
Love and RomanceCross 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…