Pine Tree Ballads

About this eBook

Author

Day, Holman, 1865-1935

Title

Pine Tree Ballads: Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur' up in Maine

Credits

Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Maine -- Poetry

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55342

Release Date

August 11, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PINE TREE BALLADS — Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur’ Up in Maine
2. 2.By Holman F. Day — Boston: Small, Maynard & Company — 1902
3. 3.FOREWORD — PINE TREE BALLADS — OUR HOME FOLKS
4. 4.FEEDIN’ THE STOCK
5. 5.JOHN W. JONES
6. 6.DEED OF THE OLD HOME PLACE
7. 7.OUR HOME FOLKS
8. 8.THANKSGIVIN’ JIM
9. 9.“OLD POSH”
10. 10.THE SUN-BROWNED DADS OF MAINE
11. 11.“HEAVENLY CROWN” RICH
12. 12.OLD “FIGGER-FOUR”
13. 13.PHEBE AND ICHABOD
14. 14.WHEN OUR HERO COMES TO MAINE
15. 15.UNCLE TASCUS AND THE DEED
16. 16.SONGS OF THE SEA AND SHORE
17. 17.TALE OF A SHAG-EYED SHARK
18. 18.THE GREAT JEEHOOKIBUS WHALE
19. 19.“AS BESEEMETH MEN”
20. 20.THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE REVIEW
21. 21.THE BALLAD OF ORASMUS NUTE
22. 22.THE DORYMAN’S SONG
23. 23.WE FELLERS DIGGIN’ CLAMS
24. 24.DAN’L AND DUNK
25. 25.THE AWFUL WAH-HOOH-WOW
26. 26.SKIPPER JASON ELLISON
27. 27.BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP
28. 28.THE RAPO-GENUS CHRISTMAS BALL
29. 29.BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP
30. 30.WHEN THE ALLEGASH DRIVE GOES THROUGH
31. 31.THE KNIGHT OF THE SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS
32. 32.’BOARD FOR THE ALLEGASH”
33. 33.THE WANGAN CAMP
34. 34.PLUG TOBACCO AT SOURDNAHUNK
35. 35.O’CONNOR FROM THE DRIVE
36. 36.JUST HUMAN NATURE
37. 37.BALLAD OF OZY B. ORR
38. 38.THE BALLAD OF “OLD SCRATCH”
39. 39.WHEN ’LISH PLAYED OX
40. 40.OLD “TEN PER CENT”
41. 41.DIDN’T BUST HIS FORK
42. 42.MEAN SAM GREEN
43. 43.DICKERER JIM
44. 44.BALLAD OF BENJAMIN BRANN
45. 45.THE HEIRS
46. 46.A. B. APPLETON, “PIRUT”
47. 47.NEXT TO THE HEART
48. 48.WITH LOVE—FROM MOTHER
49. 49.THE QUAKER WEDDING
50. 50.THE MADAWASKA WOOING
51. 51.THE SONG OF THE MAN WHO DRIVES
52. 52.THE OLD PEWTER PITCHER
53. 53.OUR GOOD PREVARICATORS
54. 54.OUR LIARS HERE IN MAINE
55. 55.THE BALLAD OF DOC PLUFF
56. 56.THE BALLAD OF HUNNEMAN TWO
57. 57.ORADUDOLPH MOODY, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT
58. 58.TRIBUTE TO MR. ATKINS’S BASS VOICE
59. 59.JIM’S TRANSLATION
60. 60.ELIPHALET JONES—INVENTOR
61. 61.THE PANTS JEMIMY MADE
62. 62.BALLADS OF “CAPERS AND ACTIONS”
63. 63.BALLAD OF ELKANAH B. ATKINSON
64. 64.BALLAD OF OBADI FRYE
65. 65.AT THE OLD FOLKS’ WHANG
66. 66.IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
67. 67.DRIVIN’ THE STAGE
68. 68.“DOC”
69. 69.ANOTHER “TEA REBELLION”
70. 70.“LIKE AN OLD COW’S TAIL”
71. 71.PASSING IT ALONG
72. 72.A SETTIN’ HEN
73. 73.BALLAD OF DEACON PEASLEE
74. 74.THE WORST TEACHER
75. 75.THE TUCKVILLE GRAND BALL
76. 76.THE ONE-RING SHOW
77. 77.THE SWITCH FOR HIRAM BROWN
78. 78.THE JUMPER
79. 79.ISHMAEL’S BREED

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