The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-01-22
SING. nRoTHERs, SING.

The Wooster Democrat gives the re-
vised version of "The Three Black
Crows" as given at the Jackson Ban
quet In that, city, with the comments
that precede. AS our editOr-in-chief is
in Chicago we feel safe in printing it,
al the request of many. The Demo
crat says:
This toast being of local nature,
and General Sherwood a leader and
active participant in the campaign,
his address, in the way he handled the
sentiments, created more enthusiasm
than any other. He spoke for nearly
half an hour, making applause and
laughter. He gave facts and figures
of the late contest in this Congression-
al District, described the desperation
of the enemy, their fraud and tricks
to mislead and deceive the people and
their final overwhelming Waterloo by
the steadfast Democracy that stood
to their colors firm as a stone wall
In strong terms he denounced the Re-
publican methods to defeat the Dem
Ocrats, and turned their vain en-
deavors into ridicule, belaboring them
with sarcasm and humor, winning
from the crowd warm applause
Throughout it was an excellent ad-
dress and pleased all exceedingly. At
conclusion Gen. Sherwood, as a sort
of epitaph to the fallen, recited the
following, with brought down the
house,"
THE THREE BLACK CROWS.
Three black crows sat on tree,
And they were black as crows could be-
Aud they poStured 70 cav for the g. .. P
Sing brothers, sing
One was Reed on the Speakers perch,
And one was Mckinley, now IN the lurch;
And the other smyser on still lower perch
Sing, brothers, sing
And all these crows were roostng high
Their caws were loud and their battle cry
Was something that seemed to scrape the sky
Sing, brothers, sing
One OF these crows had a tail very short
Anda beak like Napoleon Bonaparte,
And cav like the coo Of q sucking dove,
And an erie that mocked the nest of Jove-
Sing, Nothers, sing
The big cropped crow wore belly band sash,
And drank champaign with Cougressonalhash,
And slashed around with hellabloO dash
Sing, brothers, sing.
Then a cyclone came with November'5 frost
And the three black crows we're "tempest tossed"
And the airlest crow was utterly lost
Sing, brothers, sing
And the big cropped crow with his gs very raw,
With the sand run low In his cavernous cav,
Is sounding the gayel more according to law
Sing, brothers. sing
Aud the juvenile crow, sad to relate,
Got his business mixed up with affairs Of state
And he took lively interest, they say,
Oh, chilling thought, in patent way,
OF keeping ice cool on n summer day
Sing. brothers, alng.
And like the girl OF the mlstletoe bough,
Who was rgged for bride In garments Of snow.
Who hid for a Joke In an Old oaken chest,
When the lid felt down-you know the rest
So a refrigerator lid, fell dOwn-you know,
And smothered the cav of our beautiful crow
Sing, brothers, sing
And the cyclone has swept the limb away
And the tree is gone where they roasted 50 gay,
And the aIrest crow of the eloquent coo,
In the Killbuck Valley was laid very low,
And the epitaph reads DER his much tired bones,
"No Doodle could buy 'em, God bless old Holmes
Sing, brothers, sing
And here's to the men OF the brain and the Drawn,
The future is bright as the East In the dawn,
And the angel of peace wide opens the way
To the hopes OF Democracy, fair as the day
Sing, brothers, sing
The Empire awaits us, the White House Is nigh
The eagles Of Victory scream from on high,
The white hand Of honor is beckpnlng on,
Through gates open wide as the gates Of the dawn
Sing, brothers, sing