Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches

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James Whitcomb Riley. Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches

Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches

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PREFACE

SALUTATION. TO BENJ. F. JOHNSON. THE OLD MAN

"THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE" AND 'LEVEN MORE POEMS. BY. BENJ. F. JOHNSON, OF BOONE

THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE

THOUGHTS FER THE DISCURAGED FARMER

A SUMMER'S DAY

A HYMB OF FAITH

WORTERMELON TIME

MY PHILOSOFY

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN

ON THE DEATH OF LITTLE MAHALA ASHCRAFT

THE MULBERRY TREE

TO MY OLD FRIEND, WILLIAM LEACHMAN

MY FIDDLE

THE CLOVER

NEGHBORLY POEMS. ON FRIENDSHIP, GRIEF AND FARM-LIFE. BY. BENJ. F. JOHNSON, OF BOONE

ERASMUS WILSON

MY RUTHERS

ON A DEAD BABE

A OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG

"COON-DOG WESS"

LINES TO. PERFESSER JOHN CLARK RIDPATH. A. M., LL. D. T-Y-TY!

A TALE OF THE AIRLY DAYS

"MYLO JONES'S WIFE"

ON A SPLENDUD MATCH

OLD JOHN CLEVENGER ON BUCKEYES

THE HOSS

EZRA HOUSE

A PEN-PICTUR' OF A CERTIN FRIVVOLUS OLD MAN

WET-WEATHER TALK

THOUGHTS ON A PORE JOKE

A MORTUL PRAYER

THE FIRST BLUEBIRD

EVAGENE BAKER—WHO WAS DYIN' OF DRED CONSUMTION. AS THESE LINES WAS PENNED BY A TRUE FRIEND

ON ANY ORDENARY MAN IN A HIGH STATE. OF LAUGHTURE AND DELIGHT

TOWN AND COUNTRY

LINES FER ISAAC BRADWELL, OF INDANOPLIS, IND., COUNTY-SEAT OF MARION

DECORATION DAY ON THE PLACE

THE TREE-TOAD

THE ROSSVILLE LECTUR' COURSE

WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES

HOW IT HAPPENED

A DOS'T O' BLUES

THE OLD HOME BY THE MILL

THE WAY IT WUZ

PAP'S OLD SAYIN'

ROMANCIN'

AN OLD SETTLER'S STORY

AN OLD SETTLER'S STORY

DIALECT IN LITERATURE

DIALECT IN LITERATURE

Books By. James Whitcomb Riley

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James Whitcomb Riley

Published by Good Press, 2019

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And roll up his feathers, by the sassy way he sings;

And the hoss-fly is a-whettin'-up his forelegs fer biz,

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