The pardon came too late : You cant put an old head on the shoulders of a child. Just like the ivy I'll cling to you. She was bred in old Kentucky.
Kendall, Marie.
Castling, Harry.
Mills, A. J.
[Dundee] : Poet's Box, Overgate, Dundee,
[1880-1900?]
Dated from examination of text and style.
In two columns.
Four ballads.
'Copies can always be had at the Poet's Box, Overgate, Dundee'.
The pardon came too late - first lines read: A fair-haired boy in a foreign land at sunrise was to die; / In a prison cell he sat alone, from his heart there came a sigh.
She was bred in old Kentucky - first lines read: As a lad I stood one day by a cottage far away, / And to me that day all nature seemed more grand.
You can't put an old head on the shoulders of a child - first lines read: To spare the rod will spoil the child, I've often heard people say / But with such sayings I will ne'er give in.
Just like the ivy I'll cling to you - first lines read: Grand-dad sat at evenfall / 'Neath the dear old garden wall, / Where the ivy was clinging all around; / And a maiden, young and fair.
Just like the ivy I'll cling to you - 'Written and composed by A. J. Mills and Harry Castling. Sung by Marie Kendall. Music at Francis, Day & Hunter's, 142 Charing Cross Road, London, W. C.'.
Ballads, English