Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-06-22
For the Register.
"JEST Ikea FIDDLE WITHOUT
DE BOW"

Mr.. ZIrrLE-Whilst sitting on my
porch, this morning, engaged in reading
the morning paper, a negro girl passed
by. On the opposite corner stood q
negro man, who hailed the girl thus {:
"Good mornin', Miss Phillis. How
does YOU feel dis mornin?" Phillis re-
piled in the heading of this article,
Jest like a fiddle withOm de bow.
l put down my paper, and fell into a
train of thought. took out my pen
Gil and wrote down my thoughts, and
here transcribe them for you, giving
YOU the liberty to do with them as you
may see fit.
All sorts of folks compose this world
The rich, the poor, the gay, the sad,
The tall, the short, the white, the black,
The old, the young, the good, the bad.
The ttening millions in pursuit
OF wealth and happiness below,
Oft realize the saddcning truth,
Jest like a fddie 0ithomt de bO'c.
The politician lays his plans,
Sure that his friends are true as steel.
He sacrifices time and means,
Nor apprehension does he teeI.
Some other man, with stronger claims,
Steps into office, then YOU know,
The disappointed man must be
'Jtst ike a Gddie withoui de 6o,c.
The merchant, on his borrowed funds,
Begins a smashing business trade.
He trusts his customers, and soon,
His city bills remain unpaid.
The sheriff closes up his store,
The goods are auctioncd very low
The merchant hangs his head and feels,
.Jsst like a fidie withOW de bur.
The farmer buys tract of land,
Paws down third in honest cash.
Fail crops ensue, the other thirds
Remain unpaid, he goes to sma;h.
Then, all his savings sacrificed,
His horses, wagons-9ll must 60,
His sad experience too will be,
'Jest like a fdHe wihoW de b0W.'
SO with the lawyer in his line,
The doctor with his drugs and pills,
With prospects good, fail Of success,
All subject to unlocked for ills.
When oyertasked and sad in look,
Disgpsted with all things below,
They have '.no music in their soul,
"Jest like n fddIe withom de b0w.
The editor is not exempt.
lie writes and pufis and prints each
week
His patrons read his paper through
Well pleased to find just what they seek.
They never think the printer needs
SpondoOHr too, to make things 90
And hence the printer often feels,
"JcM like a fddIe 'Oithom de Jolc. "
How many young men do we see,
! Micawber like sit still and t'rown
"Waiting for something to turn up,
Till all their cash has been turned down
And then vouhear them curse theirluck
The worlds all wrong, moves far toe
slow.
| Poor, impecunious fools They feel
"Jest like a fddle withom de bO~.
The bachelor has sought for years
TO find the best girl for wife.
He seeks in vain, but finds instead,
He's OH the shady side of life.
O how he dyes his silver locks !
Not one GREY hair his whiskcrs show
! Of all the world he surely is
"Jest like n f,iiie withom de bow.
Some ladies' too parade the streets,
In Dolly Nardens neat and trim,
Turn up their nose at honest toll,
Dear me / would not marry him
Another will BE sure of that.
And you are left alone, TO go
Through life, and be for all the world,
"Js,t like flute ,cithom de Io'c.
Look all around, and you will see
Such folly as will make you laugh.
All can be happy if they will,
Yet misery's the lot of half.
Time, money, brains all go to waste
With nothing for the waste to show.
This world, by fault Of man alone,
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