The New Born King 4733 In the dience of the night And they heard an angel say “Christ, the Lord, is born today” Chorus- Glory, glory let us sing Glory to the new born King, Loud hosannahs we will ralne, In the great Redeemer’s praise Then a host appeared and sang Heaven with hallelujahs rang: […]
ANOTHER OPTIMIST 3706 Dey ain’t no use in sighin’ You cumberin’ de groun’: You sho’ ter git what comin’ When de Wheel Turn Roun’! You’ll fetch up over yander What dar’s honey by de poun’, En milk enough to drown you When de Wheel Turn roun’ -Atlanta Constitution,
THE ONE WHO GETS THE CAKE 5059 The man who is slow and collected May capture some prizes, perhaps: But the wideawake mind full of “ginger,” you’ll find, Is the one that gets into the “anaps” -Nixon Waterman
The Indian Hunter 5591 Oh, why does the white man follow my path Like a hound on the tiger’s track? Does the hook on my dark phnek waken his wrath Does he covet the how at my back? He has rivers and seas where billows and breeze Boar riches for him alone: And the sons […]
Boy May Be Found with Song 2172 , A song, may find a lost boy A song may accomplish what a heart broken father and hundreds of friends have falled to do The simple words of “The Lost Child” sung in a sweet voice may fall upon the ear of some one who knows where […]
She Was Bred in Old Kentucky 2347 When a lad I stood one day By a cottage far away: And that grand, day to me all nature seemed more For my Sue, with blushes red, Had just promised me to wed And I’d came to ask her mother for her hund As I told the […]
To Thine Own Self Be True Pakenham Beatty 3782 Pakenham Beatty was born in 1855 He has written several volumes-“To My Lady” 1878: “Three Women of the People 1881 and “Marcia a Tragedy” 1884 By thine own soul’s law learn to live And if men thwart thee take no heed And if men hate thee […]
A National Event 3497 A wedding in the White house! Such happenings are raro; The marriage bells seldom ring For such a great affair But merrily the bells ring out The gladsome news today “A nation’s blessing on you both, Is what they seem to say A wedding in the White Housel Those stately walls, […]
ENTHUSIASM 5645 I kind o’ like campaign’ time I like to hear ’em tellさん) Jes’ what the goverment should do to keep things goin’ well; I like to hear ’em talk about the cor- poration folks That holds us common people by the throat; I like the jokes An’ funny pictures that they print ’bout […]
There’ll Come a Time Some Day 3366 Why are you sad, papa, my darling Why do you look at me so strangely Have I done wrong tell me I pray? No, no, my child, you are an angel, There’s not a heart purer than thine: That’s why I fear some day you’ll leave me Just […]
The Lay of the Lost Resturant 241 A wagon on a corner of the street: A swirl of dust, a whiff of frying meat; A stool that stands unsteady on its foot; A chophouse, with its oft-repeated stew: And coffee can we doubt its honest brew?- Are all that’s left for hungry mo and you, […]
Soho 1344 I loved best her pretty eyes, Clearer than stars in any skies I loved her eyes for their dear lies Dance the jig! And ah! the ways, the ways she had Of driving a poor lover mad: It made a man’s heart sad and glad Dance the jig! But now I find the […]
Left Undone Margaret E Sangster 2024 It isn’t the thing you do, dear, It’s the thing you’ve left undone Which gives you a bit of a heartache At the setting of the sun The tender word forgotten, The letter you did not write, The flower you might have sent, dear, Are your haunting ghosts tonight; […]
A PITTSBURG INSTANCE 2556 He started life a workman, And labored hard each day His ttle wife was quick to pian And helped him on his way His little wife did wash and scrub; And when her beauty fled She little cared, so long as hub Was forgoing right ahead His hoarded treasure grew and […]
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, Or fly away like birds The warm, bright […]
THE UNSUSPICIOUS TURKEY 2758 The turkey struts the barnyard now, Unmindful of the hours Ere he will grace the festive board Of Uncle Eara Powers, He little knows that every eye Is watching how he grows, And extra feed he gets just to Increase his adipose And that within a fow short weeks He’ll lie […]
It’s Free 2237 Don’t you be in deep distress- The gloom o’ poverty; You can’t be buyin’ happines The Lord be praised-it’s free! An’ it smiles there, in the cabin, more than where the mansions be! In Life’s winter breathe the June- lue skies for the gray; Teach your sighin’ heart a tune- Sing happiness […]
A GENTLEMAN 581-10 I knew him for a gentleman By signs that never fail; His coat was rough and rather worn, His cheeks were thin and pale A lad who had his way to make, With little time to play, I knew him for a gentleman By certain signs today He met his mother on […]
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS 4796 This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Salls the unshadowed main- The venturous bark that flinge On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair Its webs of […]