Tag Archive for: Unknown Author
Where The Cotton Blossom Grew
Grief and MourningWhere the Cotton Blossom Grew
3591
Picture tonight & field of snowy White
Hear the darkies singing soft and low,
I long there to be
For some one waits for me
Down where the cotton blossoms grow
As I reached that dear old place
Every old…
Our Father’s At The Helm
DeathOur Father's at the Helm
1795
Our Father's Teren the howling winds may blow,
And besventur vesas to a for Our Father's at the helm
Though Irine to with close reefed natis,
While beate the farious pale,
Our chudike fatth will never fail
Our…
Cover Them Over
Hope and MotivationCover Them Over
1211
Cover them over with beautiful flowers;
Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours;
Lying so silent, by night and by day,
Sleeping the years of their manhood away;
Years they had marked for the joys of the brave;…
Mate
Food, Drink, and TraditionsMate
573
There is a wistul Prayer
That often comes to me
And lays its face against my face
In utter ecstasy-
That all the lovers in the world
Might be as near as we!
The Free
Hope and MotivationThe Free
1484
The carrion vultures of the town,
Who plunder a stricken foe,
But eagles eagles they who strike their
Alive, nor fear a blow prey
Bold hearts they be, and large and free
Is life as they bravely make it;
And thus they speak…
Under The Anheuser Busch
BandUnder the Anheuser Busch
2023
Talk about the shade of the sheltering palms;
Praise the bamboo charms, tree and its wide spreading
There's a little bush that grows right here in this town
You know Its name for it has won such renown,
Often…
The Refugee
Inner Peace and TimelessnessThe Refugee
631
-They call the fund "revolving,"
In their little pleasant way;
We call the fund dissolving,
As we watch it every day
Revolving or dissolving,
Or whatever is its name,
Relief as it's administered
'S a very pretty game
For,…
Where He Leads Me I Will Follow
Love and RomanceWhere He Leads Me I Will Follow
2027
I can hear the Bavlor calling,
In the tenderest accents calling:
On my our there words are
"Take thy crows, and dally follow nie" falling!
Chorus-
I will take yiy crows and follow
My dear Havlor I will…
The Song For The Fellow To Sing
Friendship and SolitudeThe Song for the Fellow to Sing
Wallace Irwrn
691
I give herewith carefully-selected stan-
zas from "the song for the fellows to sing,"
not because I indorse its sentiments, but
because I wish to submit to my readers
positive proof of the…
The Widow Malone
Friendship and SolitudeThe Widow Malone
By Charles Lever
641
Did ye hear of the Widow Mulone,
Who lived in the town of Athlone Ochone! Alone?
Oh! she meited the hearts
Of the swaing in them parts
So lovely the Widow Malone Ochone!
So lovely the Widow Malone Or more
Of…
Put My Little Shoes Away
ReflectionsPut My Little SHoes Away
6004
Mother, dear, come bathe my forehead,
For I'm growing very weak;
Only let one drop of water
Fall upon my burning check
Chorus-
Oh, I'm going away to leave you, mother,
Oh, remember what I say;
Do it, won't…
Paul Vance, Or Lorena’s Reply
Hope and MotivationPaul Vance, or Lorena's Reply
3775
The years are creeping slowly by, dear Paul, the winters come and go,
The wind reeps past st with mourrful cry, dear Paul, and pelt my face with snow:
But there's no snow upon the heart, dear Paul: 'tis…
A Dollar Or Two
Love and RomanceA Dollar or Two
2306
With curious sters as we tread our way through
This intricate world, a sother folks do
May we still on our journey be able to view
The benevolent fare of a dollar or two
For an excellent thing is a dollar or two
No…
“Father Has Turnes The Dear Picture, Again”
Love and Romance"Father Has Turnes the Dear Picture, Again"
43612
A lasste came home who for years had been gone,
Her pride had been conquered, a mother's love worn,
In youth she had married the choice of her heart,
And lived from her home and her kind…
Together
Love and RomanceTogether
693
Glory of a golden light over vale and hill
Buttercups a-bending to the swift wind's will,
Summer-sweet in every breath, a bird on every spray-
And it's you and I together, Dear, the livelong day!
Wonder of a misty moon high…
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…
The School Master’s Thesis
BeautyThe School Master's Thesis
2811
And set his white teeth close together,
And gave his thin lips a short twist,
As to say I could whly you, confound you,
Could such things be done with the fist
There were two knowing girls in the corner,…
A Man’s A Man For A’ That
War and ConflictA MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT
Robert Burns
4808
Is there for honest poverty
That hangs his head, and a' that?
The coward slave, we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a' that!
For a' that, and a' that,
Our toils obscure, and a' that:
The rank…
Molly Darling
Love and RomanceMolly Darling
33610
A soldier boy was he,
A soldier's sweetheart she
Above their heads the stars are softly shining
An to a soldier's breast a golden head is pressed
And round a soldier's neck two arms are twining,
But o'er the hills away…
The Swan Song Of Parson Avery
DeathThe Swan Song of Parson Avery
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
2874
Pleasantly lay the clearings in the mellow sum mer morn,
With the newly planted orchards dropping their fruits first born
And the home roots like brown islands amid a sea of corn
Broad…