(With apologies to “Old Black Joe.”)
Gone are the days of the booze so full and free,
And gone are the friends that always drank with me;
Gone from this drought to a wetter land I know,
I hear their happy voices toasting, Good Old Crow.
I’m going, I’m going
To a place that’s not so slow.
I hear the Cubans gaily toasting
Good Old Crow.
Why should I stay when my throat is full of pain,
Soon will go our smokes, so why should I remain?
Dreaming of days of the once sweet long ago,
While my friends are sadly calling, Poor Old Joe.
—E. N. Hosier.
* * * * *
During the war a boy from Wiggin, Nova Scotia, who was stationed in
Palestine, wrote to his mother as follows:
Dear Mother: I am in Palestine where Christ was born and wish
to Christ I was in Wiggin where I was born.
Your affectionate son.
* * * * *
The other day a returned soldier asked me for a job and as I always like
to favor the “vets” I gave him the place. I told him that his duties on
the farm would be to get up at 5 in the morning, milk the cows, feed the
teams, clean out the barn, haul hay, plow the fields, shock the corn,
chore around—
“And is there any clay on your farm?” asked the young man.
“Why, what has that to do with it?” I answered him.
“Oh, I thought maybe I could put in my spare time making bricks.”
* * * * *
Mary Ann—The landlord’s here to boost the rent again!
Hubby—That means you have no fur coat this year, my dear!
Wife—Oh, I don’t know. I may be able to find a friend like the woman in
the story, “The Tale of a Fur Coat,” and you bet I’ll not pawn it!
* * * * *
Full many a race is lost
Ere even a step is run,
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work’s begun,
Think big, and your deeds will grow,
Think small, and you’ll fall behind,
Think that you can, and you will,
It’s all in the state of mind.
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_Pull the Shades Down, Mary Ann_
Pull the shades down, Mary Ann,
Pull the shades down, Mary Ann,
Last night in the pale moon light,
I saw you, I saw you;
You were combing your golden hair,
It was hanging over a chair;
If you want to keep a secret
From your future man,
Pull the shades down, Mary Ann.
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