THE KID HAS GONE TO THE COLORS
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ByWILLIAM HERSCHELL
AUTHOR OF
Songs of the Streets and Byways Illustrated with Photographs by Paul Shideler
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL
COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1917
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOK
MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
To
DELAVAN SMITH
FRIEND IN ALL THINGS
This Book of Verse
is Affectionately Dedicated
In gratitude the author thanks The Indianapolis News for permission to include in this volume verses that from time to time have appeared in its columns.
page: [][View Page []]CONTENTS
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- THE KID HAS GONE TO THE COLORS 1
- THE PORT OF SUNSET BAY 3
- THE BABYTOWN EXPRESS 6
- THE KEEPER OF LOCKERBIE GATE 9
- JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 12
- MOTHER IS DOING HER BIT 13
- THE OLD ALLEY MULE 17
- SIX LITTLE FELLERS 20
- THE OTHER SIDE OF JUNE 22
- SOME BOULEVARD PHILOSOPHY 25
- THE VOICES MILITANT 28
- THE ROBIN TAKES THE STAND 31
- THE PAWPAW PARTY 34
- SOMEBODY'S PAL 37
- KNUCKLEDOWN 39
- SINGING SOLDIERS 42
- DE CHUCKLE CLUB 44
- YOUTH IS EVER THE SAME 47
- INFORMATION MACK 50
- THE SAILING OF THE FLEET 53
- LONG BOY 56
- STRING 58
- CONCERNING MOTHERS 61
- THE CHILDREN OF FRANCE 65
- LOVE'S FERRY 67
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- THE SWEETEST PILGRIMAGE 70
- THE WAYSIDE WELL 73
- TO BUFFALO BILL--A MEMORY 76
- TONY FLORETTA 78
- WHEN THE LEAVES ARE THREESCORE AND TEN 81
- DA WHEESLE KEED 84
- A WINTER MOONRISE 87
- THE GOOD SHIP "SYCAMORE" 89
- THE BELIEVERS 93
- THE ADVANCE AGENT 96
- THE TACKLE 98
- THE EXPLORERS 101
- WE ARE COMING, LITTLE PEOPLES 104
- LITTLE BILLY BET-YER-LIFE 108
- A LETTER FROM THE COUNTRY 112
- MAJOR ME 114
- THE FOREST PATRIOTS 117
- CAP'N CAL 120
- LETTERS HOME 123
- THE CHAPLAIN'S ELM 126
- THE BASS DRUM BUSTER 130
- LITTLE RUFUS R. F. D. 133
- THE LAND OF LORD-KNOWS-WHERE 136
THE KID HAS GONE TO THE COLORS
