Blue Grass Ballads And Other Verse (1900)

BLUE GRASS BALLADS Kentucky Songs of Long Ago . Contents ll .12 When the Corns Laid By 13 My Own Kentucky Girl . 1 5 Ike .....- 7 A Song for Tennessee . 19 When Ben Brush Won the Derby Balcazar 2O 22 The Rifle in the Hall . . 23 New Ground .... 25 The Fee Larks Song . . 26 Our Cabin 27 My Mothers Portrait . .29 A Love . . . Song .3 Down at the Rocky Spring 32 The Old Grindstone . . 34 On Next Court . Day . 36 Waiting for the Call . . 37 Fetch Over the Canoe . 39 A Summer Night . . .41 Songs We Used to Sing . 42 Old-Time Melodies . . 45 Lucie Lee of Tennessee . 46 In Mississippi Woods . 47 Dancing in the OldTime . 48 The Kentuckians Lament 50 Down South 5 2 Old Mart an Me . 54 Harp of the South... 57 In Mexico. . 59 Christmas in the Ole Time 60 When the Juleps Ripe . 63 OTHER VERSE The Governors Violin . 67 The Barbarian .... 69 Heres to You, My Brother 70 Refugium 7 2 A Critics Reward ... 73 Mount of the Holy Cross . 74 Babys Morning . . -75 The Gourd Beside the Spring 76 A Little Shoe .... 77 Sandy McCann.... 78 La Bonita . . 80 Chiquita, My MothersWedding Ring 82 The Poet King ... 83 The Coming Master . . 84 Cando 85 A Modern . Temple. . 87 Castelar 9 2 Renaissance Easter Lilies and Easter 95 Bells ioo Two Revels . . . .102 Give Us, O God, to Know 104 Mistletoe 105 Buffalo Bill, A Knight of the West 106 The Modern Steed . . . 1 1 1 The Storm King . . .113 Bohemias Rest. . . .114 A Gentleman . . . .118 Dont Saw Yourself Off of a Limb 119 One More Valentine . .121 On the Summer Sea . .123 Be Fair and Just, My Son 125 Go Easy 126 Two Dead 127 The Tigers Cub . . .128 Jim Marlinspike . . .131 A Memory and a Tear . 134 His Angel Slept . . .136 The Woman of the Moon 138 A Talisman . . . . .139 Chicago 139 SONGS OFWAR AND PEACE The Dove 157 The Other End of War . 158 Battle 161 War 164 The Anglo-SaxonWay . 164 Blue and Gray are One . 168 All in Gray 169 The Regimental Flag . .170 Rhoda Ragland . . .172 Le Reve 176 Daughters of America . 177 A Song of Peace . . .178 A Song of Thanksgiving . 179 Old Glory . . . . 180 NEGRO DIALECT VERSES In the Fall of the Year . 183 Rosies Sunday Clothes . 185 If I Could Live as Long as Methusalum . . . .187 Theres No Little Coon Like Mine . . . .188 Cawn-Pone an Greens . 190 You Can Nevah Make a White Man from a Coon 191 His Bracer in the Morning 192 Im a King an I wars de Crown 194 All Day on Lawds . Day 196 How EphumWon a Gun . 197 Sandys Sunday Shirt . .199 Jaw-Bone Talk .... 200 Dem Skeeters . . .201 Tell Me, Honey . . . 202 Fo Dey Set de Darkies Free ... . 204 Hard Times GwineAway . 205 Zoes Plea 207 The Dinner Horn . . . 207 MyAlabama Rose . . . 209 Rambos Serenade . . .210 Loo, John A Possum Song . 212 . .213 Hear dem . Niggahs Singin 215 Sorry for the Lord . . .216 Jubes Old Yaller Dog .217 Old Catos Creed . . .218 Some Singin .... 220 Juley Ann 221 Blue Grass Ballads Proem In the evening of a lifetime, While the shadows, growing long. Fall eastward, and the gloaming Brings the spell ofvesper song, turns backward Fondmemory To the bright light of the day, Where joys, like troops offairies, Gaily dance along the way, Full-armed with mirth and music, 1 Driving skirmishers ofcare Howling, back into the forest, And their dark, uncanny lair...