When Shall We Meet Again? 2344 It was dark and dremal morn When from my bed I did rise, A-looking from the window I saw to my surprise A antior and his loving wife A-standing in the rain: He kirsed his only son and said When shall we meet again? Chorus- With aching heart and […]
Chimes of Trinity 2653 In a city grand and gay, where the mighty throng hold sway Stands a church whose spire points toward the sky And down in the belfry towar oft the chimes have toll’d the hour And many saddened hearts were charmed while F passing by, Many miilionaires and ladies grand and noble […]
A DEAD ONE 5632 Brathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said: “My trade of late is getting bad: I’ll try another ton-inch ad” If such there be go mark him well; For him no bank account will swell, No angels watch the golden stair To welcome home the […]
Mr Grumble 4227 Oh! Mr Grumble he did say As the leaves grew on the tree That he could do more work in one day Than his wife could do in three Oh! Mrs Grumble she did say That he must not grumble so: He might do the work in the house And she’d go […]
Climate Confusion 4364 Christmas is a-comin’ Dat’s what the white folks say But de sun it keep a-shinin’ Jes de same as if ’twas May An’ I specks to see de roses An’ the butterfiles an’ bees, An’ de early buds a burstin’, ‘Stid o’ presents on de trees Dey talks about Thanksgivin’ An’ de […]
Faded Flowers 4685 The flowers I saw in the wild wood, Have since dropped their beautiful leaves, And many dear friends of my childhood Have slumbered for years in their graves But the bloom of the flower I remember, Though the similes I shall never more see, For the cold, chilly winds of December Stole […]
A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1984 There’s a song in the air! There’s a star in the sky! There’s a mother’s deep prayer And a Baby’s low cry! And the star rains its flre while the Beautiful sing For the manger of Bethlehem Cradles a King There’s a tumult of joy O;er the wonderful birth, For the […]
Night in Bachelor’s Hall 5816 They’ve gone away! It seems a year, Aye! weeks of years since they were here: And yet it was but yesterday I kissed them when they went away, Away from all the scorching heat That grips this brick-walled city street And it was I who made them go, Though she, […]
Mary and the Robin Redbreast 5764 I saw a little maiden throw A crumb of bread to feed a robin; And she was more delighted— so Delighted! – when he, bowing, bobbing Flew with the crumb of bread away, And “Thank you, Mary!” seemed to say And I do think that Mary dear Was far […]
The Gray Spooky-spook 3352 The gray Spooky-spook is a creature so weird That he frightens himself half to death, As he shrieks through the midnight and tugs at his beard While good folk lie holding their breath; And he faints dead away till the first dawn of day, While his blood runs as cold as […]
The Leak in the Dike 2121 The wood dame looked from her cottage At the close of the pleasant day, (And cheerily cailed to her little won Outalde the door at play: Come, Peter, come! I want you to go While there is light in see, To the hut of the blind old man who […]
Please Spare That Old House 903 There’s an old rustic est that stands in a square, For ninety-odd years that cot has stood there, Surrounded by trees and a fence that is worn, I’s the home of my forefathers, there I was born But misfortune tune came o’er us, it’s hard for to tell: The […]
A Twentieth Century Man 2656 Maud Muller on a summer’s morn Heard the ta of an auto’s en- She saw the Judge go whirling past xald Maul “he’s going fast” And then she thought of the sighs and tears The Judge had caused her all these years it’s breaking the law at that speed,” quoth […]
The Thoughtless Farmer 5978 A Parody-Speech for a Boy A thoughtless farmer so they say, Carelessly threw his crops away; So far beyond his reach they flew, The farmer knew not what to do For in them was a season’s work, Ills family’s toil, with not a shirk,- The wages he had hoped to gain, […]
A Leap-Year Plunge 3945 Oh, a dreary life it are To be a fascinatin’ tar And live on land in leap-year when the willin’ maids is wooin’; And it drives me half insane When I thinks o’ Mary Jane And the way that I rejected of ‘er billin’ and ‘er cooin’ ‘Twas larb’rd hard a-lee […]
The Minnesota Massacre of 1808 5503 To the brave pioneers of the forest or piain Appeal for assistance came never in vain; They rose at the tidings, hor questioned of pay; They mounted their horses and galloped away Like a flame in the grass when the pral- ries are dry, When the autumn winds mingle […]
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, oft midst life’s changes, whenever I […]
The Rose 19110 A gleam of white, two tripping feet, A smile, a witching air And a blush-red rose in the dusty street- A walk from her wind-tossed hair The dust my breath has blown away, My lips its petals part And the rose from her loosened locks astray Is throned above my heart Ah, […]
San Francisco 2495 Everybody works but father, And he sits ’round all day, Boreing all the neighbors With what he has to say Mother takes in washing Willie’s scraping bricks Everybody works but father- He’s talking politics