Farm Ballads Page: IX
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ILLUSTRATIONS
"'DRAW UP THE PAPERS, LAWYER, AND MAKE 'EM
GOOD AND STOUT" ......... Frontisiece
: AND KISSED ME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HALFA-DOZEN
YEARS !" . ....... . Facing. 12
"CURSE HER! CURSE HER !". . . . I6
6 WHY, JOHN, WHAT A LITTER HERE!" .. . 8
"'TIS A HAIRY SORT OF NIGHT FOR A MAN TO
FACE AND FIGHT". .. . . " 22
' SETTLERS CAME TO SEE THAT SHOW" ... 28
"TILL AT LAST HE WENT A-COURTIN'" . . . 34
"WHO SAT WITH HIM LONG AT HIS TABLE" . " 44
"AG'IN' MY VOICE AND VOTE" .... . " 62
"I'VE BROUGHT YOU MY LITTLE BOY JIM". . 70
"WHAT WAS MY CRIME? ...... 86
"THE CLANG OF THE YANKEE REAPER". " 88
"YOUR GRANDAM MADE HER OWN TRIM WEDDING-DRESS"
. . . . . . . . . . 96
"THE SWEET, LOVE-PLANTED CHRISTMAS-TREE . " o08
"ROUGH BRICKBAT AMONG PEARLS" .. . 16
"THEY MENDED AWAY THROUGH THE SUMMER
DAY ..... . . " 146
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Carleton, Will, 1845-1912. Farm Ballads, book, 1901; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29405/m1/11/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.