Lines Read at a Dairymens Supper
It almost now seems all in
For to expect high price for grain,
Wheat is grown on Egyptian
On the banks of mighty Nile
It almost now seems all in
For to expect high price for grain,
Wheat is grown on Egyptian
On the banks of mighty Nile
If you are sulky,
Nova Scotia, We'll gladly let you float away From out our Confederation; You sicken us with sily agitation
If any more our patience you do tax We'll let you go to Halifax
In barren district you may
Small fertile spot doth grow fine wheat,
There you may find the choicest fruits,
And great, round, smooth and solid roots
Where the young lady waiters were dressed as dairymaids
Throughout the world they do
The fame of our town Ingersoll,
The capital of dairyland,
We have seen the Queen of cheese, Laying quietly at your ease, Gently fanned by evening breeze — Thy fair form no flies dare seize
All gaily dressed soon you'll go To the great Provincial Show, To be admired by many a beau In the city of Toro...
When Father Ranney left the States,
In Canada to try the fates,
He settled down in Dereham,
Then no dairyman lived near him;
When this country it was woody, Its great champion,
Mrs
Moody, She showed she had both pluck and push, In her work, roughing in the bush
For there all alone she will dwell, At time
We have scarcely time to tell thee Of the strange and gifted Shelley, Kind hearted man, but ill-fated, So youthful drowned and cremated
Addressed to Jonathan Wingle,
Esq
All those who quality do
Must study color, taste and
Like fruit that's large and ripe and mellow, Sweet and luscious is Longfellow, Melodious songs he oft did pour, And high was his Excelsior
He shows us in his psalm of life The folly of our selfish strife; With Hiawatha we bewail His suffering...
The farmers now should all adornA few fields with sweet southern corn,
It is luscious, thick and tall,
The beauty of the fields in fall
For it doth make best ensilage,
Goldsmith wrote Deserted Village, Now again reduced to tillage; Once happiest village of the plain, Place now you look for it in vain; There but one man he doth make rich, And hundreds struggle in the ditch; "Ill fare the land to many ills a ...