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INTRODUCTION

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THE OLD RED SCHOOL-HOUSE

THE SABBATH-SCHOOL

THE REVOLVING YEAR

THE SWIMMING-HOLE

THE FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT

THE DEVOURING ELEMENT

CIRCUS DAY

THE COUNTY FAIR

CHRISTMAS BACK HOME

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Eugene Wood

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The second bass has a great, big Adam's apple that slides up and down his throat like a toy-monkey on a stick. He is tall, and has eyebrows like clothes-brushes, and he scowls fit to make you run and hide under the bed. He is really a good-hearted fellow, though. Pity he has the dyspepsia so bad. Oh, my, yes! Suffers everything with it, poor man. He generally sings that song about “Drink-ing! DRINK-ang! Drink-awng!” though he's strictly temperate himself. When he takes that last low note, you hold on to your chair for fear you'll fall in too.

But why bring in the male quartet?

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