The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-01-29


a STORY or THE SONGS.
YtstsFaag i was just IS happy - i
big sunloWer,, but to-day Ny heart
is full, / cannot hear il beat. Il feel
/ ke saying Pn broken hearted nlilk-
man.
Listen to my story
knew Little widow, Her name
was Sweet EYelina. and she was the
omlW daughteF Of Z Old Crimes that
Ra1d old man
We met BY chance-sTWas In the
springtime, less than A hundred
= years. In the cottage By the sea.
(Long Branch.) 1T was q still night
when the stars, Beautiful stars, shown
"a the happy home aboFes that Ismet
Sweet Evelina. This dark girl
dressed in blue
IA s8Weet Evelina was Sitting on b
stiie, watching a bold sailor boy ak
heAnng "a. Wef sheet and q flowing
sea, his Home on the relling deep
sShe was q handsome creature, and
she Worea,w 3terfall.' E II .GhaE1pa gne
Charley, had seen her walking down
BroadWaY,2 he would have said %, she
ia such cnafmer.
AS ne the widow, She cast q
side glance and looked down.,
8 sArt thou Dreaming, Little Dream
err Sweet EVelina = asked her father,
"a fine old English gentleman
y III y heart is over the sea, father, re-
piled the unhappy daughter, my lover
Is q sailor boy,'-1 cannot live always
sweet one, what are the Wild waves
rzsawr4~, a rTrr1 Gf1Id q 81
When listen to the Shells of the
ocean, father, fancy / hear them say
Paddle Your own canoe, but, father,
& prefer to have somebody paddle il
for me-
III was only married, continued
EYelina. I'D be gay and happy In 8
cot in the valley love-
Sweet Evelina, said |, 1'm q young
man from the country, and Il have nc
one to love, none TO earess meP Wit
thou Come TO my mountain home,
Come and be my bride Z
n 4 ee, should like to marry replied
eThe beautiful dreamer, but My first
love, Captain Jinks,' 4 can ne'er for
get.s s5s
Won't you tell me why, Robin r.
interrupted, as I took from her hand
skhe last rose Of Summer, lis but a
faded fiower,' Give, o give it to me-.
Ask me not Why Eli, she replied
then saying, sTis all for thee as she
!. handed me the rose, and asked, wifi
yeu love me then as now
With all my heart I love thee
replied, i would cali thee my own,
4 am fancy free, The girl left be
hind me, she has learned to love an
other, and now, IS weet ExeIina, 7 OF
can live in my heart and pay no rent.
NJ i cannot, you are fooling me, she
said, aud then smiling, Chat brighl
smile haunts me still, said x QUO
y better be off with the old lovei befors
you're on with the new es. Eli
she continued, tCan you say tGood-by
sweetheart to sKitfie' Clyde, sNellil
3 Bly,, Annie Laurie, Nellie Gray,
tBlue-eyed Mary and Widow Ma
ebree, and Jet them all go up in
Yes. dearest, Loving I trust il
thee replied, 4 will be true to thee
as old Dog Tray,
%, Sweet Evelina,' I never could
pfova false to thee, sobbed and said
Come, @, come with me, and When
tie swallows homeWards n.y. / con
tinued, Wilt thou come TO the littl
bzown house2
Breathe softly, Eli, said EYelina
etast you w AIT for the wagon.
mo, my dark girl dressed in blue,
pme, haste to the wedding, sYol
siiaII be the merriest girl that's out,
hou art 80 near and yet so far
Evelina fell into a trance, sleeping
hdrean love-, dream love of sAulC
Tang Eyne.s she murfnured in he
sieep-9hen taking out her handker
clsief, she exclaimed, 10, ye tears,
Then she continued, j will offer yol
: fais hand of mine, il Thou wilt low
me then as now
And send OFF Dandy jim, Cham
payne Charley, Pat AaIoy. ben Boil
Old Dan Tucker and all The Boy
in Blue ~
mo, no. exclaimed Sweet Evelinf
Not for rJoseph, you ask too much.
How 7 love the military : you ma
have John Anderson, but / canno
give up Captain Jinks,' 30, the CAP
tain with bis WhiskersS for He was
handsome man.
False oneY L shrieked, Iookin
out on the murmufing sea, How ca
/ leave thee p when thou'rt gon
from my gaze like a beautiful star
, and leaving thee in sorrow, and Il
think Of thee. she replied, as sh
skipped sLovelv as rose sAIong th
Beach at Long Rranch, hummin
eTben you'll remember me.
Then Sweet Evelina, / said,
must say, Sweet love good night I
thee Yet soft blue eyes, good nigh
u cannot sing the old songs, Ny hea
islonely now With my heart boWe,
y I thonght IL Is better to laugh tina
be sighing, for we may be hapI
yeti Then dropping in ct the We
End, I said Landlord, fill the howir
bowl aud Well drink, boys, drinl
until sFive o'clock in the morning.
Eli Perkins IN NeW York CONNIE
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