A Treasury of American Ballads: Gay, Naughty, and ClassicCharles O'Brien Kennedy McBride, 1954 - 398 pages |
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Page 149
... looked steady Its visor beneath O'er the work of the reaper , Whose harvest is Death . Let the muster - roll meagre So mournfully say How foremost in danger Went " Company K❞— Whose footsteps unbroken Came up to the town , Where ...
... looked steady Its visor beneath O'er the work of the reaper , Whose harvest is Death . Let the muster - roll meagre So mournfully say How foremost in danger Went " Company K❞— Whose footsteps unbroken Came up to the town , Where ...
Page 371
... looked runty , an ' the cows Were all a goin ' dry , There wa'n't much clover in the mows , An ' provender wuz high ; An ' somehow , too , the dear ole sky Looked duller ev'ry day , - Perhaps ' twas somethin + 371 . Since Hannah ...
... looked runty , an ' the cows Were all a goin ' dry , There wa'n't much clover in the mows , An ' provender wuz high ; An ' somehow , too , the dear ole sky Looked duller ev'ry day , - Perhaps ' twas somethin + 371 . Since Hannah ...
Page 381
... looked around , middle daylight , gray and wide , Filtered t'rough a greasy pane from a greasy court outside . Wit ' the stable drug in me brain and me senses all awhirl Comes the memory of a sound - ' twas the night - cry of the girl I ...
... looked around , middle daylight , gray and wide , Filtered t'rough a greasy pane from a greasy court outside . Wit ' the stable drug in me brain and me senses all awhirl Comes the memory of a sound - ' twas the night - cry of the girl I ...
Contents
Five Kernels of Corn | 1 |
The Battle of the Kegs | 7 |
The Monkey | 29 |
Copyright | |
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