s greatest might
Upon the blood-red battle-fields of life.
Be strong to dare! And if the conflict's lost,
Men boast the fight when misers count the cost!
When Mr. Money Comes to Town.
When Mister Money comes to town,
The waiting thousands throng
The crowded highways up and down
To see him pass along;
They cheer him as he passes by,
They clap with loud acclaim,
And shout applauses to the sky
At mention of his name.
They push and jostle with delight
No matter what the day;
They follow him through all the night
To hear what he may say;
They leave old friends divinely sweet
To chase this new one down,
And fall devoutly at his feet
When Money comes to town.
Forgotten all the scenes of yore,--
The joys of other years;
The perfect bliss that went before
And gladdened toils and tears;
Behold! The old things pass away,
And new ones come to crown
The dazzling glories of the day
When Money comes to town.
O, Mister Money! What's your rush!
Why do you hurry so!
Entangled up in all the crush,
I can't get next, you know!
Just come and camp with me and mine!
You'll never see us frown;
To have you with us will be fine
Whene'er you come to town!
Caught on the Fly.
When a man barters his honor for money, he never gets a chance to rue
back.
Running this big world must be quite a job, but every man who talks
politics thinks himself capable of bossing the whole works.
The next crop that needs looking up in the quotations is the length of
the pole required for the persimmons about election day.
Feelin' Fine.
Roas'in' eahs dar on de stalk,--
Millons 'tween de rows;
Eb'ry t'ing a-makin' talk
Gin de crop ob woes;
Hebben come en settles down
On de millon vine;
Dis heah dahkey's shuah in town
Feelin' mos'ly fine!
The Little Feet.
Little feet that weary so
Down the dusty roads,
Pebbled are the paths you go
With your heavy loads,--
When the restless hours are o'er
And you cease to weep,
Little limbs shall ache no more
In the arms of sleep.
Little feet that weary so
On their journey long,
You shall lose the hurts you know
In the smiles of song!
All the lullabies of light,
All the smiles of play,
Romp across the darks of night
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