Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-06-13
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of the sinking of the White star liner.
.he Atlantic. With hundreds of storage
passengers on board. The chorus after
tsis verso concluded with this threat:
\ GOOD willing hand. ii stout branch and a
rope
For those who go back on the poor.
"A few years later when Ed Stokes
shot Jim Fisk tn death over Josephine
Mansfield. there was much popular III
d1Sna;ion over Stokes escape from the
scaffold. Fisk was . popular hero. He
had. rushed To chicago's relief with Il
tfa'n'oaa of provisions after The great
fire. When he was Killed BY u rival a
song To tf" tune of Never Go Back On
; the Poor Was sung in his honor. One
| verse ram thus:
Let mo sl"ak of a man who's RON dead
in his grave.
: n good man as ever WAS born.
jim FISK he was called. and his money
y" The outeast. the poor and forlorn.
we an know ne loved both women and
Fat his heart, i was right. 4 am sure.
Enough ic lived like a prince n 4 palace
so tine.
He never went back ON the ruor.
Then came this chorus, which, per
maps. fnft.sllad"wrd the present demand
for popular recall of unpopular court
Nerd;rIS.
II things so This way. we'll stand ii no
more.
III. people Will ris. in this land.
A vigilance committee We'll laisc on our
shore
.Nnd take IT.. law in oar pwn hands.
Such songs as This a.e no longer
heard in our theaters.
Another song we used to sing TO the
;accon.animent OF our suitars was
called a starry Night Ramble.' which
started thus: Some will choose ~ veil
oclpcde and Others will take Il drive
Now we sing Of airsllips and motor 10Y
rides. Whcre is the velpcipede. today:
Songs Contained Loose Statements. y
The comic song writer's used to be
! more free in ;heir treatment uf presi-
dents and high officials than popular
taste VIII 1''i'mit today. GRANTS addic-
iiom To tobacco was Z, theme for popular
testing. Tho song called Grants In
aGguial Bal! would hardly be counte-
n:tnced today. I'm i, was u reference to
Senator Pon.eroy, of Kansas. who was
defeated ior the Senate because of
! bribery.
ODD isomcroy was seized with the eppi-
! And hsibca M! the folks at Tie presidents
Eall.
, was over,
| TIN getting excited 'hry quick came ia
! blows.
| Cakes -An,rs called ifecc!'er an Old corner
. lCaro.,
! Churlea Summers. he pullca Anna Dick
insOn's nose.
| General Grant by this time WAS tight
under the .au!c.
.AndN johnson, he !lattcnc,l his nose
gains Ia. VAIL.
John L.. Cough. ulron temperance he read
them n ~ltetnic,
And then sn, lru:lk himself at the presi-
,ic:lt's ban.
! Tho next Ne.Sr tells how all The
| guests wen; 10 sleep and Mrs. Grant
called ont the militia and cleared tho
hall.
Before his Days of Race Suicide.
IN The EOS. we paid the waiter girl
instead OF lie cashier. The girl usually
! Wanted q tip. and our robust Ameri-
canisYn was opposed to digging up. We
! referred 10 such tin s%eelins; mattresses
as being 'on the beat \ Yunkee that
was coaxea into paving. . glatuity CON
! sidcrctl himself beaten That explains
one nf the references in II comic SONG
supposed To cnunle.ate SOME of the
curios'ies in the new Museum in Cen
trail park:
There's u conductor who ns.er could
\ driver that refuse ed his whack.
/! \ waiter s'rl not OH The beat,
And a poet with a coa' ON his back.
There's a garter from Blrnu,m's fat lady.
And a VIE who doesn't want III baby.
".rhat last line was written before
| the days of race suicide. Times have
changed and NOW the satirical poet
| would regard as a curiosity ii young
fashionable Wife who really wanted
amy babies.
Another song hat shows changed
conditions WAS called 'Mercernary
| Jane 1t was an Importation from
London and ven this way:
Twas at IL first elias eating house not
far from Maiden Lane.
7 used TO- dine and gaze upon the chaTm-
in. waitress JAM:
| Her eyes, hcl l:ps. her rosy cheeks, with
10Y they made me thrill
I never noticed what ate until ! paid
the bill.
Chorus.
| Roast pork. boiled pork, picked cells and
treacle tart.
Suet pudding. sleeps head and II glass OF
sherry wine;
| Steak pie. pigs feet. savel"Ss and bull
ock's heart
Together with the waiter makes a dollar
fOrty-nine.
ANY man who would kick tOday at
| having SLAB for "A feed like tina would
be sent to Il padded cell. Another song
of "A generation ago WAS about going
TO the ball game and paying your Is
cents while other good people looked
over the fence and SAW the game free.
You can't get IL seat at a ball game
now for Is cents"
i'm her class. Aud her mother makes
Nor. II. it M 1kNrnp I'M y-nSHftaIg