The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Do These ola Songs Call
 Up Any Tender Memories?
saw the finest ram. sir. that ever
 was fed on hay. U RI fla furiarty, etc.

11w Nhe Iihest raih' SaA'
 was fed on hay.
 RI fla turiarty, etc.
 ., There were many verses .s, often ten psTFS. TSs concluding verse was:
 The man that killed this ram. sir. got And ship of seventy-four, sir, sailed
 away in the flood.
 Ri. fla turiarty,t etc.
 In "The Newcomes" Thackeray presents visit of Colonel Newcome to the Caves of Harmony with his boy Give. where wine as well as song was provided, and the colonel Joined in all the choruses with an exceeding iy sweet voice. "Hs laughed at the Derby Ram so that it did you good to hear him. and when Hoskins sang the Old English Gentleman tears trickled down the Honest warriors cheeks, while he. heldiout his hands to Hiskins and said. Thank you. sir. for that song; it's an honor to human nature" Hoskins had been previously warned by card from one of the company as to the character of songs he should sing. as there was q greenhorn and 2 boy present. We may imagine that if Hoskins had not been warned he might have sung something worse than "I'm Not that Kind of e Girl" re- cently sung at theater here.
 Some Ade1 ot the character of the songs of that day is subsequently, giv- en by Thackerary in the same reia- ton: When Captain Costigans came in he was asked to take drink. He said he would, and sing a song. too. At the end of the second verse. the colonel started up and cried: ssiiencef DO you dare, sir. to call yourself . gentleman, and to say you hold Q Kings commission. and to sit down among Christians and men of honor. and defiIe the ears of young boys with this wicked balderdash?' The colonel was so outraged that he refused to wait for his change. and told the waiter to keep 1t .Tiii you see mo in this place again, which will be never --by George, neverf"
 There is a song with which I usec to amuse the girls. That is "Grand- mothers Lesson" in which the old lady warned her granddaughter to beware of the young men. The grani- daughter. soliiocuizing. says:
 .oh. dear. what fuss these old la Thinks l to myself there must be some For if all the young ladies of men
 had been afraid.
 Why. grandma herself would nave
 ale0 dit soia shtsaN-
 sMohey Musk" an Sugar. in. the Gourd" are two old songs handed down by tradition. I met an old man re- gently, s6 years old, and asked him If he remembered Sugar in the Gourd. It brought his youthful recollection so vividly to his mind that he immedl- ately commenced to sing and dance IL dare not print 1t.
 aThe Girl I Left Behind Me" was once a favorite with our old.ttme uni- formed militia. The last time re- member to have heard 1t was in lS4s when Captain Bruff's company march ed down Pennsylvania Avenue With drum and fife. on the way to Califor- nia. and with my former school fel- low. George Byington, Giant George. in front with 2 broadax over his shoulder.
 There is always tendency. to hark back not only to the good old songs, but also to the good old times. l am at one with Sydney Smith.
 "The good of ancient times let others think 1t lucky I was born so late" And with Tennyson;
 "Yet I doubt not through the ages one Increasing purpose runs. And the thoughts Of men are tWiueneu - with the process of the suns