The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
LIVING AGAIN.

LIVING AGAIN.
The wine of Joy o'erfows my cup,
Ny appetite is picking up.
Hot weather puts me on the blink,
No eats at all - just drink, drink,
drink.
With moisture dripping from my chin
! drag around too dead TO skin,
And when my heart goes thumpr
thump, thump,
| stagger blindly to the pump
And try to cool my fevered brow
And stagger back again. but now
The wine of Joy o'erfows my cup
My appetite Is picking up.
Folks thing I'm bothered with the
heat
And try to tell me what to eat
To keep the body calm and cool,
AS IL | never went to school.
Don't mention milk and eggs 10 me
Or breakfast food or toast and tea,
For when l back away from pie
You'll know I'm sick enough 10 die.
And anyone can have a row
Who tries to kid with me, but now,
The wine of Joy o'erfows my cup
My appetite is picking up.
At night toss upon my cot
Ny downy mattress burnin hot
And try to think of frigid zones
And polar bears and ice cream cones
And stormy nights and binding
SHOWS
And SNOWFALL fhts and EsRimos,
And hope and pray for just one wink
And then get up and drink, drink,
drink,
And sigh and fan and wonder how
Much hotter Hades is. but now
The wine of joy o'erhows my cup
My appetite is picking up.
On Sunday morn | almost weep
As YEARLY to church / creep
To help the family make show
With no more breakfast than crow
And see the women fuss and fret
And watch the parson stew and sweat
And preach of birthstone, burning hot
Eternal fire and other rot
And by and by ! know not how
i find I'm home again, but now,
The wine of Joy o'erfiows my cup,
My appetite is picking up.
When good old summer comes to
town
1t turns all business up side down
II robs the grocer of his chink
For those who eat just drink, drink
drink
They want to pull their boots and
wade
In cherry fz and lemonade.
II steals the fat mans double chin
And makes the thin man doubly thin
And when it's over he will vow:
Il fell Of. fifty pounds but now
The wine of JOY o'erflows my cup.
My appetite is picking up
The coffee is a sticky dope
| switch from that TO canteloupe,
But half a dozen bites or so
Are quite as much as | can go.
At lunch / scan the bill of fare
And sigh a sigh Of deep despair
Too hot to talk, too hot to think,
Too hot TO eat, just drink, drink
drink.
And tired of living any how,
/ 60 outside to die, but now
Win blLLlluB B"CIlSI EOhS
And open up my bugle wide
And kick the table leg and call
Alloy there waiter, bring it all"
And pretty soon he staggers in
The wine of Joy o'erfows my cup
My appetite is picking up.
The very day that summer went
] started lacking nourishment
And fall is here beyond a doubt
For all the wrinkles soon came out
No more the fan or burning couch
No more the sigh or sweat or crouch
I'm coming back to life again
And | could lick a dozen men,
Or lift a house or pull a pillow,
Or jingle elephants, for now
The wine of Joy o'erfOws my cup
Ny appetite is picking up.
I'm feeling like a lighting cock
AS hungrily ! watch the clock
And when the noon day whistles
blow
I'm down the street a block or so.
And thinking OF that chicken stew
And big fat sweet potatoes too.
And pumpkin pies and home made
rolls.
] let my belt out two more holes
AS through the dining room | pillow
AS famished as a bear, for now
The wine OF JOY o'erfows my cup
My appetite is picking up.
get my eating toglets on
And toss the menu book aside
And stacks them up around my chin
And then Just watch me while | NOV
The whole blamed pile away. for now
The wine of JOY o'erfows my cup
My appetite is picking up.
when the war is over the big
gest thing in Europe will be the wal
debt.
Already the map of Europe Il
changed. The first stranger is "Petro
grad"
Next years Chautauqua begins
August 10 and continues ten days
VIII you be there?