Tag Archive for: old
An Old Story
ReflectionsAn Old Story
2086
"Say, wife, I'm going to town today,
Make out your errand list, don't delay"
Then into the room the farmer gося
To don in haste his Sunday clothes
There follows a sort of expectant hush
When out from the bedroom, "wife,…
Pore Old Dad
ReflectionsPore Old Dad
2403
Te kin sos'ce pick up a paper
An' Its "post's cerner" greet
"Capt ye'll see er pirty poem
bout the mother, aintly, sweet:
But yo'll have a time, a-saу-
Eyes will be er-achin' bad hire ye'll evertake er poem
At this time…
The Old Log Baru
Love and RomanceThe Old Log Baru
4165
There's a charm for me yet in the old log barn
So tottering, old and gray
Where wildly I loved long years ago
To romp on the new made hay
Chorus
For the merry old times that I sported there,
The song that I sung in…
The Proud Old Cochin
ReflectionsThe Proud Old Cochin
2722
There was a fat old Cochin hen
Vainglorious and proud:
And every time she laid an egg
She cackled long and loud
One day she found a goose egg in
The bottom of her nest;
And thinking she had laid it there,
She…
An Old Man’s Story
DeathAn Old Man's Story
1695
"Tis only an oid man's strory-a tale we have oftheard told
In a thousand forms and fancies, by the yourg sa ni well as old
A tale of life drenged hellwad bound down by a demon's chain
Till the friendly hand of temp'rance…
Seven Years Old
War and ConflictSEVEN YEARS OLD
5312
I am seven years old to-day-
Seven times one are seven;
And Alice is four years older-
Seven and four are eleven
My lessons are so hard to learn,
So full of figures and words;
The numbers hum in my head like bees,…
An Old Classic
Childhood and InnocenceAn Old Classic
1342
11 send a song which describes the pic- ture that used to appear on the first page
of Valley Farmer It is one we used to sing at school when I was a child to the Tune the Old Cow Died On-Mrs Z Gil- liland, Marengo, 1111
Old…
The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
DeathThe Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane
2872
I'm getting old and feeble now, I cannot work no more
I'se laid the rusty bladed hos to rest
Ole massa an ole miss's am dead,
dey're sleepin' side by side
Deir spirits now are roaming wid the blest
De…
The Old Schoolbook
BandThe Old Schoolbook
4546
On the old school book in the custy nook
With a tearful eye 1 gaze;
Corne down, old friend, for an hour we'll spend
In talking of bygone days
I gaze once more, as in days of yore,
On the task that taxed the brain;…
The Old Schoolbook
ChildhoodThe Old Schoolbook
1798
On the old schoolbook in the dusty nook,
With a tearful eye I gaze,
Come down, old friend, for an hour we'll spend
In talking of bygone days
I gaze once more as in days of yore,
On the task that taxed the brain;…
Old Times For Bryan
Historical Events and FiguresOld times for Bryan
Said William J,
708
Said William J,
""I guess,"" says he
That after this
It's home for me
""I did intend
To stop a day;
Taen onward wend
My happy way
""I thought that I
Would tarry here
Just long enough
To raise a cheer
""But…
The Old Boys In The Dance
Love and RomanceThe Old Boys in the Dance
2942
I
It sorter sets me thinkin' that I've got another chance-
To see the old-time fellers goin' roun'…
The Little Old Red Shawl
ChildhoodThe Little Old Red Shawl
1657
It now lies on the self, it is faded and torn,
That dear old shawl my mother wore
Tis all that is left for this heart to adore,
To bring to mind theme
How often the handa happy days tpo these folde have been…
An Old- Fashion Girl
DreamsAn Old- Fashion Girl
5821
Just an old-fashioned girl, of the kind that you know
When your mothersat up to mend stockings for you
With a ball of red yarn and a bag full of hose
And a goose-eggish thing that slipped down in the toos
Just an…
The Same Old Cub
Urban LifeThe Same Old Cub
104
Oh, fair city of the Golden Gate, you whom I loved so well
Brought out of Paradise into chaos to the very brinks of hell
Ruin and desolation faced her on every hund,
And sadly the news, traveled throughout the broad land:
Her…
The Old Rocking Chair
Art, Creativity, and ImaginationThe Old Rocking Chair
901
It stands over there in the enen alone,
The varnish is cracked and one rooker is gone)
What's left of its tidy is dusty and brown
And ecatiored and ellent its fringes bang downt
No bongater sopeareth to warble…
The Old House At Home
Childhood and InnocenceThe Old House at Home
3495
Oh, the old house at home,
where my forefathers dwelt,
Where a child at the feet of my mother I knelt;
Whero she taught me the prayer, where she read
me the page Which it infancy llans is the solace of age
Oh,…
The Old Fashioned Homestead
Historical Events and FiguresThe Old fashioned Homestead
905
I will do remember the old fashioned homestead,
That beautiful place where I first saw the light;
Where oft to have played on the green when in
childhood
That lovely old spot was so happy and bright
The garden…
The Old Arm Chair
Love and RomanceThe Old Arm Chair
2173
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I sat and watch'd her many a day
When her eyes grew dim, and her locka were grayi
And I almost worship'd har when the smilef
And turn'd from her utble to hiras her child
Years roll'd on,…
The Old Organist
ReflectionsThe Old Organist
3196
The morning services were o'er
And yet the people stayed
While some remarked how wondrous well
The old professor played
His muste filled the village church
Somehow as ne'er before:
And c'en the choir were loath…