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An Old Story

An 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

Pore 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

The 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

The 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

An 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

SEVEN 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

An 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

Old 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

The 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

The 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

An 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

The Old Arm Chair 2173 Not Readable Not Readable 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

The 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…