The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
Origin of Popular Songs.

Home again." was written by q fellow
who got out of Jail and was captured and
brought back.
by fellow who undertook to walk hun
dred miles in ten hours and lost his
money.
"Who Will Care for Mother Now" was
the result of u young man getting to know
more than his father and going far away
from his paternal home His mother man.
aged to get along.
.Just Before the Battle, Mother" was
written by an ambitious young man who
thought he could, and was going tn, lick
Tom Allen, but he got one on the jaw which
laid him out. His mother never replied to
his poetry.
BURY Me in the Garden" was written by
young lady who was going to commit sui
eide, but, suddenly remembering that there
was no garden attached to her fathers
clearinghouse, she concluded to go out and
buy new waterfall instead of dying.
"Tommy, Don't Co." was su gested to the
author by hearing mother teasing Tom
not to go to the circus that afternoon, offer
ing to let him hold the baby all the time il
he'd stay at home But Tommy went, and
while. he was looking at the two-humped
camel, the zebra wLirIed and kickc,lhis head
off. A warning to boys.
my Love is on the Sea-" was the cffusion
of young lady who was engaged to deck
hand on apropeller that ran between De-
troit and Buffalo. He wasn't an the sea auy
of the time, and she knew it, only he used to
get "half seas" and finally saw girl up at
Dunkirk that he liked better, and the poet
css went and married a ferry-hoat wheel
man.
Write Me Letter from Home" This
song was composed by young man who
went to Colorado to 60 into gold mining,
and failed, and he wanted the old man at
home to send him some stamps to get back.
1--WE Parted by the River Side" This
really pathetic song was suggested by a
young lady taking sea- on drawblidge
in Chicago to catch last look of her lover,
who was scow sailor, and whose vessel
was then being towed out into the harbor
He never returned, having got into fight
at Milwaukee, and being obliged to getn
for Canada
"Pm Lonely Tonight, Love" This was
composed by young fellow in Detroit, who
went hunting ducks upon the st. Clair
Flats, and, by the overturning of his boat,
had to hang to log all night. He wasn't
as lonely as he tiled to make her believe, us
the mosquitoes made the time pretty lively,
and coal-barge cabin boy shot at him
several times for canvas back duck.
Fairy Forms Are Past Me Fitting" The
The writer of this song was engaged to a
lovely and estimable young lady, whose only
fault was that she weighed two hundred
pounds, and had a pug nose and red hair.
The boys poked fun at him so that he broke
off the engagement, and one evening she
kept walking back and forward before his
boarding house, wishing to get hands on
him for just two minutes. lie saw her from
behind the blinds, and hence the song.
''Rock Me to Sleep, Mother" was written
by big fellow six feet high, and his mother
very properly told him that if he wanted
rocking he might get into The Cradle Of
the Deep"
Be Kind to thy Sister," was written by
u fellow who didn't care snap for his sis.
tiers, but was always raising his hat to and
buying peanuts and candy for all other boys
sisters. That's just the way with them all.
81 Love Her Still," was written by a
mooney dry goods clerk, whose bctrorhcd
married another man.