The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-27
THE BULLETIN.
once, BuIlctiB building,
washing ton avenue.
OVER THE HILL TO THE POOR
HOUSE.

/
~ Will NJ uAHLrroY.
| over tho hill to the poor house I'm t-udgln' my
| wcaiy way
| l,aw'inan OF seventy, and Only tr.fle gray
VINO a,n smart and cnippcr, for all tho years I've
As many another woman that's only half as old.
over the hiii 70 The poor house, cant quite
over the hill TO the poor.horse-it seems 80 hor
Many step I've taken n TO in TO and fro,
bnt'hls IL "a sort OF journey never thought to
20.
What l. the use Of ,p,n' on me paupcr's
Am lnzy or crazy am blind or lame,
true, mr. not 10 supple, nor yet so awiu stout
Iutchatty ant no favor, f"nct y live thcut
I'm w,lllln' and nnxiou an ready any day
J." work Tor 10 'cnt hyin' hn' pay my oncst
way
For ! can cant my ctunls, an moro too, III bc
hound,
II any b,iy ). only willn' to have me round.
Once Wa Young anI han somc--I VA, upon n ,
soul
once my chcct. wa rosos. my cy's as black a.
And | c1nt remember IN them days 4 hearing
people say,
For any KIND OF "a reason, that was IN thcu way.
,Taint no use boas,in', or talkIn' over free,
But many n mouse an nome was open then 10 VI"
Many han some offer had from likely men,
And nobody ever limited that was burden then,
And when TO John was married. sure he was
good I'd smart,
Blu, he nd all my ncighbors would own done
For life va, all before me, nm wa Young ~
AID worked the hes, tina, could IN t. in ~
got along.
And 50 We worked together and life was hnri
hut gay,
with now ana then n BABY to cheer us on Our
TiIIwc hal halt a dozen, an ~ groSed ellen sn'
neat,
An went to school like others, m hni cnor"h to
cat.
70 We work. for "e chilI'. ard raised I'm ~.
Worked for 'ern summer an winter. Iust n. wc
ought 10 We done;
only, perhaps, We humored ON, which some
good folks condemn,
hut every couples "ht,drn's heap the be-' TO
them.
Strange how much We INK Of our blessed little
ID I'VE IL for my daughters, - have de, or
my ton-,
And God he M lie that RIVE Of loyo but when
We'ro oil aud cray,
I've noticed Il sometimes s~mch"r IA 20 WI
tie o'tcr way.
strange r-othef thing when our boys on girl
were grown
AMI when, e1ccptn' Charley, they d left " there
alone
when John he nearer an nearer come an denrcI
seemed 10 be-
| hc Lord Of Hot, he come one day an ,ool
him ava. from me,
an ! va borad TO .trucglo, an never to c.inre
or fall
sui ! worked for 4. ley, Tor Charley was nOS
nv ~
| nj Charley y,spr- .,s..s 70 mo, with scarce a
.
TN att i h"won,a and trou. .ta w.fo
from TOW 4
| she va. -orntwh,,d..... .. uadn',s leasant
she was qn.ts c,ncs. s car o. a heap o:
style;
tnow
Hut -he was hard ami .. .Uu. an OF '- m -
| Ga. hamiE ,, ot.,,.,... ,,.,.,,v..,oo,
| No., - ~, - -. ..
NV inIng,f.r ..- u" y" "''"'
y" , rr,i Se,.
| Tho, / ,,v.r ..u ,,. A, ,,n,nor ar '.ta o..
INV m",,c. s.'''''''''''
o. iva. OF i'" days oeio'c we 'h'ng WI
| - d'n"-- 81, 49,.
| Ihey Wa ARMY OF thein 'eNe-' ana 'h''he'
| ono ,
And = yoty ne cottage one ia"ily vi, -, 49,.
| ough for two.
| -, ,
please her eye,
| An il made mo iaicpoud.nt, Rni then didn't
try; .,.,
| But va terribly staggered n felt n Ike n
blow,
| could 60.
| went to 1--we with Susan tut Shssn's nous" was
'"' ne ali.