This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...er John's!--With old Lew Church from Sugar Crick, with that old fiddle he Had sawed clean through the Army, from Atlanty to the sea--And yit he'd fetched her home ag'in, so's he could play fer me Onc't more afore my dancin'-days wuz over! The woods 'at's all be'n cut away wuz growin' same as then; The youngsters all ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...er John's!--With old Lew Church from Sugar Crick, with that old fiddle he Had sawed clean through the Army, from Atlanty to the sea--And yit he'd fetched her home ag'in, so's he could play fer me Onc't more afore my dancin'-days wuz over! The woods 'at's all be'n cut away wuz growin' same as then; The youngsters all wuz boys ag'in 'at's now all oldish men; And all the girls 'at then wuz girls--I saw 'em, one and all, As plain as then--the middle-sized, the short-and-fat, and tall--And 'peared-like, I danced "Tucker" fer 'em up and down the wall Jes' like afore my dancin'-days wuz over! 151 "Home Ag'in" I'M a-feelin' ruther sad, Fer a father proud and glad As / am--my only child Home, and all so rickonciled! Feel so strange-like, and don't know What the mischief ails me so! 'Stid o' bad, I ort to be Feelin' good pertickerly--Yes, and extry thankful, too, 'Cause my. nearest kith and kin, My Elviry's schoolin' 's through, And I' got her home ag'in--Home ag'in with me! Same as ef her mother'd been Livin', I have done my best By the girl, and watchfulest; Nussed her--keerful' as I could--From a baby, day and night, --Drawin' on the neighberhood And the women-folks as light As needsessity 'ud 'low--'Cept in "teethin'," onc't, and fight Through black-measles. Don't know now How we ever saved the child! Doc he'd give her up, and said, As I stood there by the bed Sort o' foolin' with her hair On the hot, wet pillar there, "Wuz no use!"--And at them-air Very words she waked and smiled--Yes, and knowed me. And that's where I broke down, and simply jes' Bellered like a boy--I guess!--Women claim I did, but I Allus helt I didn't cry But wuz laughin', --and I wuz, --Men don't cry like women does! Well, right then and there I felt 'T '...
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Add this copy of The Hoosier Book: Containing Poems in Dialect to cart. $17.00, good condition, Sold by Conover Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Martinsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1916 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc..
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Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; gently shelf worn; former owner's name in red ink on the ffep; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 598 poetic and historical pages! "When James Whitcomb Riley was a very small boy, too young to read, he fell in love at first sight with a book, and like all intense lovers he at once desired to possess the object of his affection. By thrift and careful hoarding he got together pennies equal to the price, and the little red and gold 'poetry book' fell into his eager, outstretched, freckled hands."---from the Introduction.
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