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Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse By: Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870-1944) |
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Cape Cod Ballads and Other Verse By Joseph C. Lincoln With Drawings by Edward W. Kemble
1902
To My Wife This book is affectionately dedicated
Preface
A friend has objected to the title of this book
on the ground that, as many of the characters
and scenes described are to be found in almost
any coast village of the United States, the title might,
with equal fitness, be "New Jersey Ballads," or "Long
Island Ballads," or something similar. The answer to this is, simply, that while "School committee
Men" and "Village Oracles" are, doubtless,
pretty much alike throughout Yankeedom, the
particular specimens here dealt with were individuals
whom the author knew in his boyhood "down on the
Cape." So, "Cape Cod Ballads" it is. The verses in this collection originally appeared in
Harper's Weekly, The Youth's Companion, The Saturday
Evening Post, Puck, Types, The League of American
Wheelmen Bulletin , and the publications of the American
Press Association. Thanks are due to the editors
of these periodicals for their courteous permission
to reprint. J.C.L.
CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF DRAWINGS THE COD FISHER THE SONG OF THE SEA THE WIND'S SONG THE LIFE SAVER "THE EVENIN' HYMN" THE MEADOW ROAD THE BULLFROG SERENADE SUNDAY AFTERNOONS THE OLD DAGUERREOTYPES THE BEST SPARE ROOM THE OLD CARRYALL OUR FIRST FIRE CRACKERS WHEN NATHAN LED THE CHOIR HEZEKIAH'S ART THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC "AUNT 'MANDY" THE STORY BOOK BOY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MAN WASTED ENERGY WHEN THE MINISTER COMES TO TEA "YAP" THE MINISTER'S WIFE THE VILLAGE ORACLE THE TIN PEDDLER "SARY EMMA'S PHOTYGRAPHS" WHEN PAPA's SICK THE BALLAD OF MCCARTY'S TROMBONE SUSAN VAN DOOZEN SISTER SIMMONS "THE FIFT' WARD J'INT DEBATE" HIS NEW BROTHER CIRCLE DAY SERMON TIME "TAKIN' BOARDERS" A COLLEGE TRAINING A CRUSHED HERO A THANKSGIVING DREAM O'REILLY'S BILLY GOAT THE CUCKOO CLOCK THE POPULAR SONG MATILDY'S BEAU "SISTER'S BEST FELLER" "THE WIDDER CLARK" FRIDAY EVENING MEETINGS THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER MY OLD GRAY NAG THROUGH THE FOG THE BALLADE OF THE DREAM SHIP LIFE'S PATHS THE MAYFLOWER MAY MEMORIES BIRDS' NESTING TIME THE OLD SWORD ON THE WALL NINETY EIGHT IN THE SHADE SUMMER NIGHTS AT GRANDPA'S GRANDFATHER'S "SUMMER SWEETS" MIDSUMMER "SEPTEMBER MORNIN'S" NOVEMBER'S COME THE WINTER NIGHTS AT HOME "THE LITTLE FELLER'S STOCKIN'" THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER THE CROAKER THE OLD FASHIONED GARDEN THE LIGHT KEEPER THE LITTLE OLD HOUSE BY THE SHORE WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT THE WATCHERS "THE REG'LAR ARMY MAN" FIREMAN O'RAFFERTY LITTLE BARE FEET A RAINY DAY THE HAND ORGAN BALL "JIM" IN MOTHER'S ROOM SUNSET LAND THE SURF ALONG THE SHORE AT EVENTIDE INDEX OF FIRST LINES
LIST OF DRAWINGS THE LIFE SAVER,
"He's a hero born and bred, but it hasn't
swelled his head." THE BULLFROG SERENADE,
"With the big green coated leader's double bass." THE OLD DAGUERREOTYPES,
"Grandpa's collar a show." OUR FIRST FIRE CRACKERS,
"Do yer 'member how yer fired 'em, slow and
careful, one by one?" HEZEKIAH'S ART,
"I swan, he did look like a daisy!" THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MAN,
"'And with ahem er as I said before.'" WHEN THE MINISTER COMES TO TEA,
"He sets and says it's lovely." THE VILLAGE ORACLE,
"'Well now, I vum! I know, by gum!
I'm right because I be !'" THE BALLAD OF MCCARTY'S TROMBONE,
"'By Killarney's lakes and fells,
Toot tetoot toot toot toot dells!'" His NEW BROTHER,
"Why'd they buy a baby brother,
When they know I'd good deal ruther
Have a dog?" A COLLEGE TRAINING,
"'That was jolly, Guv'nor, now we'll practice every day.'" A THANKSGIVING DREAM,
"He stood up on his drumsticks." THE POPULAR SONG,
"The washwoman sings it all wrong." MATILDY'S BEAU,
"I recollect I spent an hour a tyin' my cravat." MY OLD GRAY NAG,
"He ain't the sort that the big bugs sport" MAY MEMORIES,
"Oh, the lazy days of boyhood, when the
world was fair and new!" NINETY EIGHT IN THE SHADE,
"Collar kerflummoxed all over my neck... Continue reading book >>
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