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    • STANZAS FOR STONES: Being a Collection of POPULAR TRAGIC SONGS.
    • "JULES" ON A GREAT EVENT,
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      122 The. Tomaha Wk. \Alaich 20, 1869.

      122 THE . TOMAHA WK . \ Alaich 20 , 1869 .

      Stanzas For Stones: Being A Collection Of Popular Tragic Songs.

      STANZAS FOR STONES : Being a Collection of POPULAR TRAGIC SONGS .

      Missionary James. 1. Ye Who Gush Live Er...

      Missionary James . 1 . Ye Who gush live ers , at saints home , and at ease prim old maids , But Get seldom far beyond , as the th son e s g book , , hints , Imbibing vast statistics , with Ah Your gospel know little prayer of the and life tea , — Enj , you oyed by souls like me ! 2 . In Th Parliament e subject will sometimes crop up , I , grant , And That pap is ers a bitter tell the truth . ; well , yes , — But Christians should cup be humblewhen Besides Bad peo , he p ' le s got call a th toug em hish names skin ; , , Has Missionary James . 3-One Snug hear berth s of s opportunities , and such good , things , And To creature , he ' s comfort but a worm clings at . best , But if you want , upon a spec , I recommend That ' s really the fin heathen e , to fall , for They beat them one and , all .

      4-Now , when I talk of " heathen , " I Forsake Don ' t n mean , godless the , set swarming one meets in , Our cities' crowded streets . Oh T ! no ' s , we surging don ' t at regard our doors the sin , It We doesn seek ' pay on s distant o well as foreign that shores . It ' s only those who haven ' t got Who The choose least reli a stifling gious " lodg nous ing , " , not Who A p poke leasant about country the alleys house , ; and And Go shun crazed the at unconverted what they see in , The land of Kijeree ! 6 . How I love the unconverted ! My Their house modest , my grounds simple , ways my furniture , , And most—my quarter days ! When How from well the their central books board they keep at home !— , — My Comes cheque o ' , er quite the mighty punctual deep to its ! day , 7 . What I send touching them in hopeful return promises 1 What Within zeal their most hearts evangelical must burn ! For I never though can , each fulfil year , , my promises They The never seem to tire in still at home ! , — money pours

      Missionary James. 1. Ye Who Gush Live Er...

      8 . I think I smell I see the the tea crowded and toast room i , I hear Of my the one chairman triumph tearfull boast , y And The tell convert in thrilling I have accents found . of And And work cheers him the well hat , until ' mid round sobs ! , goes 9 . I mark the Indian colonel there Miss The Dro Mucker p g in irls his subscribe ' s five boarding -pound —not school note vote , its , —¦ purse , — Then 'Tis Master only one Tommy and three next ; his mite , Mamma But curses insists Kijeree —and ! so he gives , 10 . And Goes so , on fro as m y one ear could to year wish , the " work " Who A finger has , what in the we dish call . vulgarl , y , And Its will purse go is on proud , for while to show the , world Be To sure lay they down 'll fin all d — the and godl go ! y men , 11 . Yes The , heathen Gospel may be forgot infest , us here , . The weary workers , worn and faint , And Bewail Englan their d in hopeless her sternest lot I ' voice , Put forth her sternest claims , Point Goes to Missionary her own—to James Kijeree !

      "Jules" On A Great Event,

      " JULES" ON A GREAT EVENT ,

      Putne Reach, Idth March, '69. Of Ouz You...

      Putne Reach , idth March , ' 69 . of Ouz your \ mes old sport braves -friend , I know , Jtdes you , on wait this the Oxfor opinion -Cambrid , le jugemen gge-race t , - watches course . with Here two it is—I on give le Putnb it you - — reeche the experience . of one who eyes The Le Cambridgge boat , it is not ( big It-blue enoug ) . h . Non . I say to my admiral too friend much , " 6 men tez ~ moi in une le Cambridgge demi douzaine . I see de ces eight marins strokesmen . " There , but is , much mon Dieu . My , only admiral four friend skull . exp It lains is two to to me each the trick stick . . When It is the too and four propel oarsmen the faints canoe , there . It is is four not wise not sick . In to Pari give s the there " oorah is the " lunch is the under hour of the lunch seat ; . he The eats oarsman , and is is strong fatigued as . the He young stops . Her It - chons cules . , and Two he , three wins . mouthful Ah , le Cambrid of thon gge marine is no ' grille sportsman " aux ! corni And - mafoi—sapristi—the cox-man , he has no sword and epaulets ! takes Quelle ? idde Vive / le It dark is no -bleu race / . Seven six on Oxfor ! Heep—who I Le see Oxfor the Ox { / dark or-barge -bleu not ) . from the side , but from his tail I each C ' cst magnifique hand ! Quel / embarras One oarsman / He and is one eight hero skull . . Five It is seven four on to him oorah ! ! Five I will eight put —fiv pot e nine on him on . le Who Oxfor takes ! Heep 1 It , heep is le , O heep xfor , who I give wins you . That " odds is . the " " teep " of J ules . Five one" Oxfor . Three Seven one one Morrison Cambridgge ( he . was taken ) . Ei Nine ght one one Thames bar four Rowing " Citizen Club Steamboat and Harry /' Kelley coupled . " Welchere Heep ! heep . " ! heep ! I take the " odds , " 1 am what you call

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 20, 1869, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20031869/page/4/