Ol’ Doc’ Hyar (James Edwin Campbell Poems)
Ur ol' Hyar lib in ur house on de hill,He hunner yurs ol' an' nebber wuz ill;He yurs dee so ...
Ur ol' Hyar lib in ur house on de hill,He hunner yurs ol' an' nebber wuz ill;He yurs dee so ...
Sometimes when we're in school, and it's the afternoon and late, And kinder warm and sleepy, don't yer know;And p'r'aps a ...
A dark, tempestuous night; the stars shut in With shrouds of fog; an inky, jet-black blotThe firmament; and where the moon ...
"Uncle Jake's Place," St. Jo, Mo., 1874"I was born in Indiany," says a stranger, lank and slim,As us fellers in ...
I'se been upon de karpet,Fo' lo, dese many days;De men folks seem to sneer me,In der kin' ob way.But I ...
Strenuous need that head-wind be From purposed voyage that drives at lastThe ship, sharp-braced and dogged still, Beating up against the blast.Brigs ...
MOODS OF GINGER MICKThis book was dedicated to "THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE ...
I got so down to it last night, With longin' for what could not be,That nothin' in the world seemed ...
Howdy sistah Tootles! Ah's jes' er passin' by. Thought I'd kindah drap in Let yo' kno' revival's nigh. Hain't seed ...
'E sez to me, "Wot's orl this flamin' war? The papers torks uv nothin' else but scraps.An'wot's ole England got ...
I've told about the times that Ma can't find her pocketbook, And how we have to hustle round for it ...
GIVE me the prettiest valentineYou've got in the shop, said he, "One with the tenderest sort o' line, In type ...
Owd John's got past his work, said they,Last week as ever was — "don't payTo send by him. ...
About twenty years ago Two girls came in where I worked - A bosomy English rose And her friend in ...
When getting my nose in a book Cured most things short of school, It was worth ruining my eyes To ...
Tim Turpin he was gravel-blind, And ne'er had seen the skies : For Nature, when his head was made, Forgot ...
Till midnight her needle she plied To finish her pretty pink dress; "Oh, bless you, my darling," she sighed; "I ...
Because my eyes were none to bright Strong spectacles I bought, And lo! there sprang into my sight A life ...
Because my eyes were none to bright Strong spectacles I bought, And lo! there sprang into my sight A life ...
Says I to my Missis: "Ba goom, lass! you've something I see, on your mind." Says she: "You are right, ...
Sweet maiden, why disguise The beauty of your eyes With glasses black? Although I'm well aware That you are more ...
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