Milford chronicle., 1915-02-26
MARRIED OVER.

Half century ago. half a century ago.
A charming young belle and a handsome young
| beau
Were doing their wooing in Delaware style.
! With bow and wink and their cunningest smile.
Around Milford Mill-POnds by moonlight they
walked.
COquetting with Cupid and they talked and they
talked.
A charming young belle and handsome young
beau.
Half a century ago. half century ago.
All the fine old times up there at the Oaks
Where the old time lovers got their best strokes
Sitting there meath the stars in rapture supreme
With many vision and many a dream:
And there like the rest young Richards l guess.
Sat waiting and weeping and begging for yes,
A charming young belle and a handsome young
Half a century ago. half century ago.
All yes. and that Spring. so limpid and bright
The pride of South Milford and Lovers delight.
Where many Couple their CourtshD begun,
Where many a Bride in her beauty was won:
And did not Young Richards his Sweetheart thus
bring.
charming young belle and handsome young
Half a century ago, half century ago
That Spring now more, and bereft Of the Oaks.
wonder wonder how present-day folks
Can do any Courting, effective and nice,
No Oaks and no Spring to give it the spice;
For young folks to practice and fix it up fair.
Perhaps they'd best learn from this spry Richards
Who did it up brown. this belle and this beau.
Half a century ago. half century ago.
Ts said they're still courting right on as of old,
She still very bashful. he still very bold
He oftentimes spoony. so it is said,
And she very girlish and blushng bOod-red;
The same old caresses as in season of yore
Perhaps they had better be married some MORE
Once more Bride and Groom. this belle and beau.
To wed as they did half a century ago.
Friend Richards join hands as the happiest of men,
The same old Bowen will splice you again;
Will you take this young women, the dearest Of
dears.
To love and obey her for fifty more years?
Bring wood milk the COW, sweep the room If she
say,
And keep up the kissing fifty kisses day?
And be to her still as devoted a beau
As in the bright summers half a century ago.
The Bride will now answer; Do take this man.
To pet him and boss him the best that you can?
VIII you comb his black locks whenever you
choose.
And fondle his cheeks and blacken his shoes?
And when he behaves, reward with a smile
And put on the pants only once in a while.
A sweetheart still to your jolly old beau.
As in the gay seasons half a century ago?
Then splice you again. your hands on your hearts,
With Cupid's sly wishes and Hyman's cute arts;
May the dews of your youth abide in your nest.
The next fifty years your bamiest and best;
Warm friendships about you ours is to-day.
And every new month be as genial as May,
Till rpened and ready to the portals you GO
And never forgetting half century ago.
Since then have welded wife Of my own,
The fairest and rarest that ever was known,
But never forgotten the good Milford folks.
The Ponds and the Creek and the Spring and the
Oaks.
And learned suppose from Richards the way
To wed and be happy the lve-lOng day;
My best benedictions now lovingly 20
To that choice Bridal Pair of half century ago.