The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-10
A FRENCH POEM.


Johnny Hayes Hammond.
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A FRENCH POEM.
The following national French
poem is reproduced for the benefit
and for respect Of that most esteemed
French POLITICAL Of Kingtisher
county, the Hon. Patrick Maggie:
.. short time ago. boys an lrlshman
named Doherty
Was elected to the Senate by a very
large majority;
He felt so elated tnat he went to Den
mis- Cassidy
| Who owned a barroom of very large
capacity
He said 30 Cassidy: Go ever to the
brewer
For a thousand kegs Of beer and give
it to the poor.
Then go over TO the butcher shop and
and order up ton of meat
BE sure the boys and girls have all,
they want to eat;
Send out invitations in twenty differ
ent languages.
And don't forget to tell them TO bring
their own sandwiches;
They've made me their Senator. and
! TO snow my gratitude
They'll have the finest supper ever
given ia this latitude.
Tell them the music will be furn-
ished by O'Rafferty
Assisted on the bagpipes by Felix Nc
Cafferty,
Whatever the expenses are remember
III put up the tin,
And anyone who doesn't come, be
sure and not let them In
Cassidy at once sent out the invita-
ton,
And every one that came was a credit
TO their nations.
Some came on bicycles, because they
had no fare to pay.
| An dthose who didn't come at all made
up their minds to stay away;
Two by three they marched into the
dining hall,
Young men and old men, and girls
who were not men at all,
Blind men and deaf men. and men
who had their teeth in pawn,
Single men, double men, and men who
had their glasses on;
Before many minutes every chatr was
taken.
Till the front rooms and mushrooms
were packed to sufiication
When everyone was seated they start
ed to lay out the feast,
Cassidy said, Rise up and give us
each a cake OF yeast
He then said as manager, he would
try and fill the chair
We then sat down and looked at the
bill of fare,
| There was pigs head and cold fish,
moeking birds and ostrlchs.
lee cream and cold cream, yaseline
and sandwiches,
Blue fish, green fish, fish hooks and
patridges.
Fish balls, snow balls, cannon balls
4 and cartridges;
Fhen we ate oat meal till we could
hardly stir about,
/ ketchup and hurryup, sweet kraut
and sauer kraut,
Dressed beef and naked beef, and beef
/ with all its dresses on,
Beefstakes and mistakes were down
on the bill of fare,
Roast ribs and spareribs and ribs that
we couldn't spare,
neindeer and snow deer, dear me and
antelope.
And the women ate so mushmelon the
men said they cantaloupe;
Red herrings, smoked herrings. her
rings from old Erin's isle.
Bologna and fruit cake, and sausag IS
a half mile long
There was hot corn and cold corn
corn salye and honeycomb,
Red birds, read books, sea bass and
sea foam,
Fried liver, baked liver Carter's little
liver pills.
And every one was wondering who
was going TO foot the bills.
For desert we had tootlpicks. ice
picks and skipping rope
And washed them all down with. big
piece OF shaving soap, i Is
We ate everything that was down on
the bin Of fare,
Then looked on the back of II TO see
II anything was there.
Then the band played hornpipes. gas.
pipes and irish reels,
And We danced to the music of "The
Wind that Shakes Barley Fields
Then the piper played old tunes and
spitioons. so very fine,
That it came PEPPER Heidseck and
Nduueu ulHi glass OF VINE,
They welted the floor till they could
be heard for miles around
Wnen Gallagher was In tine air. his
feet were never on the ground
A finer lot Of dancers YOU never set
your eyes upon,
Aud those who cOuud not dance at
all We're dancing with their slip
pers on
Some dauced jig steps, door steps and
Highland filings.
And Murphy took his knife out and
tried TO cut a pigeon wing.
And when the dancing was over Gao
sidy told us
TO join hand together and sing this
good old chorus;
CHORUS.
I ShOuld Old acquaintance be forgotten,
j Wherever Wei mqy be. ~
I THING, OF The good old DAYS We had
Az the Irish Jubilee.
~. rhornton.
Please Fire Derelict Guardsman.
}. r. Burton has joined the dem0cra-