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FOR THE CHARMING MISS I. F.'S ALBUM

Nor could the mighty cyclone's wrath,
That levels cities in its path,

Uproots whole forests, mows the grain,
And furrows up the stubborn plain,
It could not cause me to repine
If only your true love were mine!
I'd bid the boisterous breezes blow-
Knowing as only I should know
They could not rend our love in two
If you loved me as I love you!

And if a Herr Professor came
(I hint no hint, I name no name!)—
What if he came from oversea,
And fiddled, as can only he,
Antique sonatas by the score,
Études and opuses galore,

And other tunes from foreign lands
One likes, but seldom understands-
The tweedledees and tweedledums
We always get when Thomas comes;
We'd let him fiddle-all his art
Could never fiddle us apart,
Could never charm our love in two
If you loved me as I love you!

If-ah, that "if" stands in the way,
And so I've nothing more to say;
I'll to your father; he'll insure
A speedy menticulture cure

For him who would not wail “boo-Lo

If you loved me as

October 16, 1895.

I love you!

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A beggar-man crept to my side

A bingo bird once nestled her nest

A Boston gentleman declares

A bottle-tree bloometh in Winkyway land-

A century or so ago.

A child was singing at his play-

A Dibdin properly displayed

A dying mother gave to you

A flimflam flopped from a fillamaloo

A fool, when plagued by fleas by night

A little bit of a woman came

A little boy named Thomas ate

A little boy whose name was Tim

A little peach in the orchard grew

A moonbeam floateth from the skies

A poet, crazed by Mammon, hung

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A sorry life, forsooth, these wretched girls are undergoing

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A sunbeam comes a-creeping

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A tortuous double iron track; a station here, a station there

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Afore we went to Denver we had heerd the Tabor Grand

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And when at last, with priestly pray'r

Any color, so long as it's red.

As beats the sun from mountain crest

As I am sitting in the sun upon the porch to-day

As I was going to Bethlehem-town

As on my roving way I go . .

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Away down East where I was reared amongst my Yankee kith

Ba-ba, baby sheep

Bambino in his cradle slept

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Bill was short and dapper, while I was thin and tall

Blithe was the youth that summer day.

Boy, I detest the Persian pomp

"Bring me a tiny mouse's skin"
Broad expanse of shiny shirt-front
Buttercup, Poppy, Forget-me-not-

Can I forget that winter night.

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Chloe, you shun me like a hind

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Chloris, my friend, I pray you your misconduct to forswear

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Come, Harvey, let us sit awhile and talk about the times

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Come hither, lyttel childe, and lie upon my breast to-night

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Cometh the Wind from the garden, fragrant and full of sweet singing-
Corinthian Hall is a tumble-down place

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Dear Palmer, just a year ago we did the Carlsbad cure

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Ed was a man that played for keeps, 'nd when he tuk the notion.
Eftsoons the priest had made his say

Eros is the god of love

Every evening, after tea.

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Fisherman Jim lived on the hill

Friend, by the way you hump yourself you're from the States, I know

From Hanover to Leipzig is but a little way.

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Good editor Dana-God bless him, we say

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Good old days-dear old days

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Good-by, old stamp; it's nasty luck

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Grieve not, my Albius, if thoughts of Glycera may haunt you

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Grim is the face that looks into the night.

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Happy the man that, when his day is done

Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree?

Have you ever heard the wind go "Yo0000"?
Have you got the jellies made, mother?
Here died a robin in the spring

His listening soul hears no echo of battle

His was the sword that from its scabbard leapt

Ho, pretty bee, did you see my croodlin' doo?

Holly standeth in ye house

How calm, how beauteous and how cool-

How cool and fair this cellar where

How fair you are, my mother!

How happens it, my cruel miss

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How trifling shall these gifts appear
Hush, bonnie, dinna greit

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Hush, little one, and fold your hands-

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How infamous that men should raise

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