The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-08-13
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WHEN | WAS YOUNG .
OR, WHAT THE OLD WOMAN SAID 70 HER DAuour

OR, WHAT THE OLD WOMAN SAID 70 HER DAUGHTER.
One evening | Glanced to pass, whore by her cot
tage gate,
An aged woman in the sun, sat talking to her
mate;
The frost Of age was on her brow, its dmncss in
her eye,
And her bent figure to and fro rocked all uncon-
sciOusly.
The frost of age was her brow yet garrulous her
tongue,
As she compared ''the dolngs now" with those
when she was young.
When ! was young, young gals were meek, and
looked round kind of shy,
And when they were compelled to speak, they did
so modestly;
They staid at home and did the work, made Indian
bread and wheaton,
And only went to "singing school, - and sometimes
to camp meeting;
And children were obedient then, they had no
saucy airs,
But minded what their mothers said, and -learned
TO say their prayers.
But nowadays they know enough before they
know their letters,
And young ones that can hardly walk will contra
dict their betters.
Young women now go flirting round, and looking
out for beaus,
And scarcely one in ten is found, who makes ol
mends her clothes.
But there! tell my daughter,
Folks don't do as they'd oughter;
They had moi Oughter do as they do
Why don't thtg do as they'd oughterY
When l was young, If a man had failed, he shut uT
house and hall,
And never ventured out till night, if he ventured
out at all;
And his wife sold all her shiny plates, and his son
came home from college,
And his gals left school, ,and learned to wash and
bake, and such like knowledge;
They gave up cake and pumpkin pies, and had the
plainest eating,
And never asked folks home to tea, aud scarcely
went TO meeting. "a
The man that was bankrupt called, was kinder
Stunned by men,
And hardly dared 10 show his head among his town.
folks then.
But nowadays, when merchant fails, they say he
makes penny,
His wife don't have gown the less, and his daugh-
terjust as many.
His sons, they smoke their choice cigars and drink
their costly wine,
And SHE GOES To THE OPERA! AND He HAS Folks TO
TO DINE!
He walks the streets, he DRIVES his GIG, men show
him all CIVILITIRs,
And what in ny days weIc called DEBTS, are NOW
called LIABILITIES.
They call the men UNFORTUNATE who rum half the
city
In MY DAYS twas his CREDITORS to whom we gaze
the pity,
But there! tell my daughter.
Folks don't do as they'd Oughter,
They had not oughter do as they do.
Why don't they do as they'd oughleH
When was young, CRIME was cRlME--it had nc
other name,
And when twas proved against a man, HE had Il
bear the blame.
They called the man that stole--u THIEF, they
wasted no fine feeling,
What folks called PETTY LARCENY, in my day wal
called stealing.
They did not make reprobate the theme Of song
and story,
AS if the bloOdier was his hands, the brighter wa
his glory;
And when a murder had been done, could the!
the murderer find,
They hung him as they would Il crow, a terror t
his kind.
But, nowadays, it seemed to me, whenever boOC
is split,
Tho murderer has our sympathy, proportoned t.
his guilt,
And when the law has proyeda man to be a seeonc
Cain,
A dozen Jurors viii be found to bring him il
"INsANE.n
And then petitions will be signed, and texts o
Scripture TWISTED,
Until the man who's proved to be as blood-thirsty
as Nero,
VIII walk abroad like other men-only greater
hero.
But there! tell my daughter,
Folks don't do as they'd Oughter,
They had not Oughter do as they do
Why don't they do as they'd OughteT.