A Letter from a Candidate for the Presidency (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Dear Sir—You wish to know my notionsOn sartin pints thet rile the land;There's nothin' thet my natur so shunsEs bein' ...
Dear Sir—You wish to know my notionsOn sartin pints thet rile the land;There's nothin' thet my natur so shunsEs bein' ...
What's de use ob wukin in de Summer time at all,When de sun am bilin' hot en de sweat begins ...
Times I think I'm not the man- Must be some mistake.Me among the also ran? Cute and wideawake!Old and beat and crotchety- Sixty-five, ...
One neet aw went hooam, what time aw can't tell,But it must ha been lat, for awd th' street to ...
I.J. Hark! -- hark! the sound of battle! Warning thrice, the cannon's rattle! Fast o'er plain and mountain brattle Scotia's thousands brave!A. Never! -- ...
WHO dat knockin' at de do'?Why, Ike Johnson, — yes, fu' sho!Come in, Ike. I's mighty gladYou come down. I ...
I was down the Riverina, knockin' 'round the towns a bit,And occasionally resting with a schooner in me mitt,And on ...
Smoorin' wi' reek an' blacken'd wi' soot,Lowin' like Etna an' Hecla to boot,Ought o' our malleables want ye to learn?—There's ...
Mammy's baby, go ter sleep, Hush-er-by, hush-er-by, my honey;Cross de hyarf de cricket creep, Hush-er-by, hush-er-by, my honey.Hoot owl callin' f'um de ...
LITTLE lady at de do',W'y you stan' dey knockin'?Nevah seen you ac' befo'In er way so shockin'.Don' you know de ...
I. DER watchman look out from his tower Ash de Abendgold glimmer grew dim, Und saw on de road troo ...
Unless you 'ide that axe, she sez, "'E'll 'urt 'imself reel bad.An' after all - Now, Bill, don't cry! - ...
DER BREITMANN mit his gompany Rode out in Marylandt. "Dere's nix to trink in dis countrie; ine droat's as dry ...
Now, Ma-til-der! Ain't cher dressed yet? I declare, the girl ain't up!Last as ushul. Move yerself, you sleepy'-ead!Are you goin' ...
Vot roombles down de Bergstrass? Vot a grash ish in de air! Mit a desberate gonfusion, Und a gry of ...
Knockin' about (said Benny, the Tough) By the Rocks an' Woolloomooloo,Oh, I was a low-brow, right enough, And a bit ...
I'm jest a old hard and fast "Rimmy"That's allus worked one certain way.I was talkin' to Eddie and Jimmie,And it's ...
Gimme the town an' its clamour an' clutter; I ain't very fond of the bush;For my cobbers are coves of ...
The culture game in Cactus has been boosted quite a spellBy a gent with movin' pictures--and he played the show ...
You've `eard `ow young Albert Ramsbottom At the zoo up at Blackpool one year With a stick with an `orse's ...
WHO dat knockin' at de do'? Why, Ike Johnson, -- yes, fu' sho! Come in, Ike. I's mighty glad You ...
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