Nancy, over our house that's new, But we felt as proud under this old roof, and a good deal prouder, too. Never a handsomer house was seen beneath the sun : Kitchen and parlor and bedroom — we had 'em all in one; And the fat old wooden clock that we... Farm Ballads - Page 14by Will Carleton - 1879 - 103 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1876 - 732 pages
...was all around us, a whisperin' cheering words, Loud was the squirrel's chatter, and sweel the song of birds; And home grew sweeter and brighter — our...hearty and happy, then, and work appeared to count. And here, one night it happened, when things was goin' bad, We fell in a deep old quarrel — the first... | |
| John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...Kitchen and parlour and bedroom — we had 'em all in one ; And the fat old wooden clock that we bought when we come West, Was tickin' away in the corner...hearty and happy then, and work appeared to count. And here one night it happened, when things was goin' bad, We fell in a deep old quarrel — the first... | |
| Thomas Sheldon Andrews - 1879 - 456 pages
...more weighty one, I " hacking" down the small trees, and he the great ones. Yes, at that day — " Trees was all around us, a-whisperin' cheering words;...hearty and happy then, and work appeared to count." And yet — " For want of neighbors, we were sometimes blue and sad, For wolves, and bears and wild-cats,... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 pages
...parlour, and bedroom — we had 'em all in one : And the fat old wooden clock that we bought when we coine West, Was tickin' away in the corner there, and doin'...its level best. Trees was all around us a-whisperin" cheerin' words ; Loud was the squirrels' chatter, and sweet the song of birds ; And home grew sweeter... | |
| Thomas W. Handford - 1885 - 456 pages
...whisperin' cheering words, Loud was the squirrel's chatter, and sweet the song of birds ; And horne grew sweeter and brighter — our courage began to...hearty and happy, then, and work appeared to count. 2l6 2I7 And here, one night it happened when things was goin' bad, We fell in a deep old quarrel —... | |
| P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 pages
...was all around us, a whisperin' cheering words, Ixmd was the squirrel's chatter, and sweet the song of birds; And home grew sweeter and brighter — our...And things looked hearty and happy, then, and work ap-. peared to count. And here, one night it happened, when things was goin' bad, We fell in a deep... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 pages
...Kitchen and parlor and bedroom — we had 'em all in one; And the fat old wooden clock, that we bought when we come West, Was tickin' away in the corner...and doin' its level best. Trees was all around us, a-whisperiu' cheering words; Loud was the squirrel's chatter, and sweet the songs of birds; And home... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 966 pages
...we had 'em all in one; And the fat old wooden clock, that we bought when we come West, Was tirkin' a-whisperiu' cheering words; Loud was the squirrel's chatter, and sweet the songs of birds; And home... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 pages
...Kitchen and parlor and bedroom — we had 'cm all in one; And the fat old wooden cloek, that we bought when we come West, Was tic-kin' away in the corner there, and doiu' its level best. Trees was all around us, a-whisperiu' cheering words; Loud was the squirrel's... | |
| R. C. H. Morison - 1901 - 520 pages
...was all around us, a-whisperin' cheerin' words ; loud was the squirrels' chatter, and sweet the song of birds ; and home grew sweeter and brighter —...hearty and happy then, and work appeared to count. And here, one night, it happened, when things was goin' bad, we fell in a deep old quarrel — the... | |
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