Evening star., 1921-05-08
AROUND THE CITY

I told Mrs. Blank when she asked us
mem bers to help her out with her
AmericaniZation work. Mrs. Blank l
said, 1'll do all that any woman can
to make good citizens out of every
foreign alien have to deal with. and
while 1 don't sing myself, can show
'em how to sing like good Americans
oughter"
Which shows, in a tiny way, that
every noble effort has its vaudeville
show.
TALKING OF Euterpe. serves as re-
minder that neighbors from out
Of the friendly unknown have sent in
a pile of little letters, each singing
its own memory song, and while it
may be that an old folks concert. ask
ed for, may take up more than its
lawful space, still, for once, here's
where we are going to have a little
music week of our own:
Il have been interested in the ar
ticle in The Star on old songs, as
many you mention are familiar. My
father sang them to me when 1 was
a child and they have remained in
my memory through the many years
since. A Constant Reader set me to
thinking / might be able to answer
the writer's inquiry about MY Mary
Ann" though all 1 can recall is this
StanZa:
Don't yon hear the turtle dove,
Sitting on yonder stile,
Mourning the loss Of his true love.
As am mourning mine. Mary Ann?
Then. fare thee we'll. my own true love,
Fare thee well. for awhile:
The ship is ready and the wind is fair.
And am bound for the sea, Mary Ann.
MY father used to sing:
IAN around my hat I wears a weeping willow,
All around my hat. for twelvemonth and
And il anybody asks me the reason that
tells them my own true love is far. far
away.
All round the room danced with Ellen Tay-
All round the room from eve till break of
day;
But now she's gone and left me. cannot tell
She's gone away to Auburn. the summer
months to stay.
1T certainly does have an English
suggestion, but my father sang, Weep
ing Willow and not 'Veepin' Willow"
The next number on the program
will be another variation of the
theme:
'Its all around me hat
wears q veepin' willow;
Its all around me hat.
And one knows for why.
II anybody AZ me
What's the cause wears II.
I'll tell i'm tits cause old Alco's
Coin for to die.
This was heard in a PENNSYLVANIA
village about the year 1850, and was
supposed to be the lament of an old
| topper over the contemplated success
OF the temperance movement which
would kill his friend alcohol Gold
alco.) 1t was probably brought for
ward from an earlier date. and there
may have been as many versions as
"sEvENTY-sK."
parent came into womanhood on the
crest OF the Thompson wave" since
she explains that she belongs to the era
when girls had their hair crimped three
| times week and pretended it was nat
ural-only. Of course. nobody believed
them.
when I was knee-high to the tradi-
tional grasshopper my nurse used to
sing thing that went like this:
when good King Arthur reigned,
He had three sons turned out Of court
Because they could not sing.
Seems like there must have been
! other reasons. Can any of you helm me
out? And, dear Mamie Lancaster, if
SO be you know the words Of There's a
Sigh in the Heart will you pass them
| to me? My mother used to sing that
song. I know it was a sad song be-
FANNY B."
For encore a revision of last weeks
lyric:
Fair as lffy. Joyous and free.
Light Of fhst rrnirie home was she,
| Hvefy one who loved her felt the gentle power
OF Rosa1ie the prairie flower.
. Curtain. MAMIE LANCASTER