Pity the Poor Poet 503 (As He Wrote It) Myrtilla’s mouth is small and red, Her eyes are big and blue, The hair is golden on her head, Her skin is creamy hue (As Copled by a Northern Paper) Myrtilla’s mouth is small and red, Her eyes are big and blue, The hair is creamy […]
The Sick Child 1664 I’ve tried so hard to go to sleep And not to fear, But Mother dear, It is so dark! and God won’t keep A naughty child all safe, I know: And I was naughty Please don’t gol I am afraid with no one here The dark is full of things to-night, […]
The Song of the Rose 3365 No beautiful notice have I on the hiш No pictures to hang in my halls But never a painter could match with his skill, The roses abloom on my walls Chorus- Then sing we a song of the rose, A song that is tender and true, She wears her […]
They Have Given Her to Another 6003 They have given her to another, They have broken every vow: They have given her to another, And my heart is lonely now They remembered not our parting, They remembered not our tears; They have severed in an hour All the tenderness of years They have given her […]
THANKSGINING By James Whitcomb Riley 2757 Let us be thankful-not only because Hluce last our universal thanks were told, We have grown greater in the world’s applause And fortune’s newer smiles surpass the old- But thankful for all things that come as alms From out the open haud of Providence The winter clouds and storms-the […]
Drake’s Drum 2973 Drake he was a Devon man an’ ruled the Devon seas: (Capten, art tha sleepin’ there below?) Rovin’ tho’ his death fell, he went with heart at ease, An’ dreamin’ arl the time o’ Plymouth Hoe “Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore, Strike et when your powder’s runnin’ […]
Make Home Happy 2619 Though we may not change the cottage For the masaion tall and grand, Nor exchange the little grass-plot For a boundless stretch of land Though we have no mesna to purchas Costly pictures, riety and rare Though we have no allken hangings On the walls so white and bars, We can […]
SEAFERERS 2501 Shanghaied in San Francisco, And we fetched up in Bombay They set us afloat on an old Leith boat, That steered like a stack o’ hay We panted in the tropies, When the pitch boiled up on deck We have saved our hides, and little be- sides, From an ice-cold, North Sea wreck […]
The Fairy Artist 5184 O, there is a little artist Who paints in the cold night hours Pictures for wee, wee children, Of wondrous trees and flowers; Pictures of snow-white mountains Touching the snow-white sky; Pictures of distant oceans Where pygmy ships sail by; Pictures of rushing rivers By fairy bridges spanned; Bits of beautiful […]
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 lesson done, the victory won, […]
AH PICKS BY DE LIGHT O’ DE MOON 4585 Ah knows a medda whar de grasgrows sweet An’ lil’ cool crik runs along An’ Ah wuke all day in de scotchin’ heat, But at night jls’ hear ma song Ah don’ belong to no white man, Dis nigga’s all his own; An’ Ah teks ma […]
A 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
JUST FOR A CHANGE 4586 I’m sort of tired of things that is: They’re lackin, somewhat as to fiz There ain’t no ginger in life’s jar With things a-goin’ as they are The fauit may be with me, and then, It may be otherwise again I ain’t a-tryin’ to fix no blame Because all tastes […]
The World’s Way 2232 This old world’s mighty busy It has so much to do It’s got to skip a lot o’ things that ought to be put through An’ leave ’em fur a future day when it can rest an’ say ” “At last we’ve got things runnin’ in some rag’lar sort o’ way- […]
WINTER EVENING HYMN 2875 Cozy and quiet and warm and bright For a book and a pipe in the winter night, Safe and cheery and restfully sweet, The dreams that come in the room’s woft heat; Till, clanging and clanking spirit and soul through Comes the hymn of Maria: bring up some coal!” “John, In […]
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; The lesson done, the victory won, I […]
AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD 2557 “But, lord,” she said, “my shoulders still are strong- I have been used to bear the load so long; “And-see, the hill is passed, and smooth the road “Yet,” said the stranger, “yield me now thy load” Gently he took it from her, and she stood Straight limbed […]
The Penalty We Pay 1864 The sweetest things we get to eat, There’s not a bit of question, Are always bound to do us up, And give us indigestion -Will F Griffin,
A Nautical Extravagance 3075 I stood one day by the breezy bay A-watching the ships go by, When a tired tar said, with a shake of his head: “I wisht I could tell a he! “I’ve seen some sights as would jigger yer lights, And they’ve jiggered me own, in sooth, But I ain’t wurth […]
All for the Love of a Girl 2402 Jack was a bright eyed youngster, Happy and gay was he, Mamle, his dear little sweetheart Roguish and so fair wan she One day, while they were playing This little girl, just for fun Threw her hat into the water, Then off for home she did run […]