The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-03
FOE POEMS.

| THE REPUBLIC is glad to publish famous
poems and well-known old songs at the re-
quest of Its readers, but poems trivial in
character and local in significance are not
used. Persons responding to published re-
quests for poems should address The
Republic Famous Poem Department. Poems
that are more than forty or fifty lines in
length are not published. since there are so
many demands upon the allotted space. All
readers who make requests for poems should
sign their full names and give addresses.
Sometimes the poem asked Tor is too long
for insertion. and the obliginG reader who
has a copy of the poem may, if he cares to
do so. mail it direct to the proper address.
Communications should be written on one
side of the paper.
To the Editor of The Republic.
VIII you please publish or ask some of
your many readers to send to me an Old
Irish song. ent' led The Irish haunting
Car? The first verse is something like the
following:
II you want a car. your Honor.
Sure this is the one for you.
It's a real old Irish Jauntins car.
It's painted green and blue:
1t belongs to Larry Dooley
And you'd have to travel far
Before you'd meet 4 better driver
OF an Irish jaunting car.
Chorus:
Then won't your Honor.
VIII your Honor.
Jump right on the car?
BILLY MERRICk.
lO7 Delmar boulevard.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
When a boy-some thirty years ago-1
heard an old gentleman reclte two verses
Of a poem, which. without o its
title, might be appropriately called en-
"Apotheosis to Niagara" This poem was
in a humorous vein and purported to give
the first Impressions of a Western farmer
on seeing the magnificent cataract. I have
never seen 1t in print and presume that 1t
was the effusion of a local rhymster, pub
lished in the newspapers. I recall parts OF
it. particularly the last couplet of one
verse, as follows:
o Niagara. Niagara-magnlfcent. wild and deep.
Great God. what a place for washin' sheep!
I shall appreciate it if The Republic. or
some one interested in the poets corner.
will furnish me with the text of this poem
IL it may be found. r. n. BANlSTER.
Eldorado Springs. Mo.
To the Editor of The Republic.
VIII you please ask some correspondent
to send to me the poem entitled THE Little
German Home Across the Sea-? Also
elisabeth. Aged Nine"
SeQalla, MO. ~. ~.
To the Editor OF The Republic.
Will YOU please publish an old song en-
titled The Sailor to His Home? 1t was
in a book called "The Olive Branch The
first lines are as follows:
Though far from my native land 1 rove
Rocked by the restless sea.
Yet still by day and through the night
think of home and thee.
When clouds rise dark and lightning Hash.
And show the threatening lea;
When DER the surges thunder crash.
Then think. Oh! think Of me!
The .'.Blind Preacher" requested in The
Republic of February Il, can be found Ill
..Towne's Third Reader" w. w. HILL.
Tolono. Ill.
To the Editor OF TIE Republic.
Will you publish or tell me where l can
get a poem. l do not know title, two lines
of which are:
would not quafr one single draught
For all Gods stars tonight.
It was a young mans answer to a lady
who offered him a glass OF wine.
caddo. L T. w. w. CLINKSCALiiS.
To the Editor OF The Republic.
1 have mailed a copy of William Wirts
''Blind Preacher" to Mrs. A. NJ. McDear-
mon. st. Charles, Mo. 1t would make ABOUT
a column in your paper, hence 1 sent It to
her direct. Can you pupEsh the "oros VI
a song in which these lines occur:
Though you may forget the singer.
You will not forget the gong.
Also:
I'll hang my harp on a willow tree.
GEORGE w. B. WEESE
al. Wash street. st. Louis.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
Will YOU kindly publish a poem by Sam
Walter Foss. referring to the famous Bos-
ton calf which laid out the streets OF Bos-
ton? Do rot know the exact name OF the
poem. Sincerely yours.
Victoria. III. ROBT C.. STUBBINS.