Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-19
JOE BEVO
(His Essays
MUSIC

Musick is som'ting evrybuddy
lax W'edder he tink so err not, an
nobuddy know de diffrunce onless
hees nabor tor heem.
Musick is often furnish free NV
charge at de pitcher show, an il il
SCUM on yor ear LAX de 'rupshun
Nv Mount Vesuv'yus you kin quit
de nan an git yor money back at
oe Dox orfiSe if yor smart huff.
NO wan nevair say musick is
pad: 1t mebby rotten, but who's
de Teller dare ter sed SO? =
fass, musick Is crate ting, an if
mos peepul 'preshiate it de sam
ne otter nobuddy wud bodder ter
Dot graffyfome ter prove it.
Dere's good many kline NV NIL
SICK, but, de bes' kline NV all is
de wan dat SCUM de worse. No
BUDDY lax de simple kline. NJ os'
svry persons Nv Intelligence LAX
de classsick stuff de bes'-but he al
lers hope de fiddler play Silver
troo. nc st
Musick is somting dat work on
ue so!e NV man, an If de pore vic
tim don't know wat de peeano is
talklh ,bout, he kip it secret. Mu-
SICK VIII move anybuddy more
QUICK Dan blast Nv dynamite. An
begun ter SCUM lax stabul bull nv
donkey wit de barn on fire, watts
bIong? W"
Wen yor childrun commence
tax lesson on de organ an Juice
harp, YOU will brag ter yor friends
now smart de kiddoes was. But
you Will be glad ter hide yorseIfs
i Ia de naymow Wen dey begin ter
H. =.
Shore. you can't stan it yorseIf
Wltout a drink NV hooch, but YOU
INVITE all yor nabor ter de torchar.
an felt sore If dey don't tor Won
how smart is de young Mosart YOU
git in yor family.
w en- my chile, who is only ten
yers Nv OF. begin play de Bar
keroIl, wish l was in bed wit de
nltemare so cud fergit de mos NV
1T witout pain. But no, wen she
git troo have ter say OATS de
bes' L nevair heard fer chile nv
her sam age, and IL she TAX wan
tousand more lesson I will mebby
Den abul stan it if she put on de
soft pedal. Ne
De mos poplar kline Nv musick
on ae markit is jazz. Evrybuddy
buddy. talk it serious. Shore, ta2z
Is mellerdy gone bughouse, an if
you can't stan ii crawl in vor
hole an kip out NV site tell de
style change.
~, Dere's also nudder kline call
Chamoer Musick. It's CRATE stuff.
an nobuddy doubt it. But if I
keIch som wan tunin' up in my
bedroom he will softer fer de or
fence an be put in de Jail beside.
Good many womans is fond nv
draggln' dere husban' ter hear SOM
heeg Teller lax Gally Kerchy an
hoarse on de stage. OF co'rse dev
GIT pay fer it on good shape, an
II dey. heller long an heller loud,
oey amt 'blige starve ter deaf
Rosy sing Comm troo de Rye 1T
alers MAX me felt t'irsty, an I
wish l was SOM odder phase were
Volstid can't reech it.
wan Nv de bes' musick in de
worI fer man, womans err nursin'
babies who have hard tam kin
awoke is lalabye. If lalabye is
play wit plainly feelin' on Ave dol
lar cornette 1t is guarantee ter be
shun.
MY daughter som'tam play pur-
~ piece call Moonshine Sonnutter
Dy Il. Toven. Fer me l -rudder
have my moonshine frum a jug an
took my chanse ter git poison.
On de odder han, musick is good
Ter som'ting. an we wud ben sorry
wit myself If we be deny de priv
lige NV lissen ter it.
Yass, we can't git long without
IT. an II musick was prohibishun
by law, de foxy trot wud pass
out. an de young peepul wud die
fer lack NV exercise.
I'll sed so! Musick Is lawful,
but we have ter bear it an grin.
Per Romeo Horace Dyer.