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Sentimental Song Book - Julia A. Moore · Complete Classic Drama Stories

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  Speaker 1: Preface of the sentimental song Book by Julia A.
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  Speaker 2: Moore.
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  Speaker 1: This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
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  Speaker 1: the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please
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  Speaker 1: visit LibriVox dot org. Read by Larry Wilson. Preface, This
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  Speaker 1: little book is composed of truthful pieces. All those which
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  Speaker 1: speak of being killed, died, or drowned are truthful songs.
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  Speaker 1: Others are more truth than poetry. They are all composed
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  Speaker 1: by the author. I was born in Plainfield and lived
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  Speaker 1: there until I was ten years of age. Then my
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  Speaker 1: parents move to Algoma, where they have lived until the
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  Speaker 1: present day, and I live near them, one mile west
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  Speaker 1: of Edgerton. Julia A. Moore in the preface.
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  Speaker 3: The Author's Early Life by unknown read by the story girl.
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  Speaker 3: I will write a sketch of my early life. It
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  Speaker 3: will be of childhood day, and all who chance to
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  Speaker 3: read it no criticism, pray. My childhood days were happy,
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  Speaker 3: and it fills my heart with woe to muse or
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  Speaker 3: the days that have passed by, and the scenes of
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  Speaker 3: long ago. In the days of my early childhood, Kent
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  Speaker 3: County was quite wild, especially the towns I lived in
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  Speaker 3: When I was a little child. I will not speak
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  Speaker 3: of my birthplace, for if you will only look or
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  Speaker 3: the little poem my childhood days that is in this
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  Speaker 3: little book. I am not ashamed of my birthright, though
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  Speaker 3: it was of poor estate. Many a poor person in
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  Speaker 3: our land has risen to be great. My parents were poor,
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  Speaker 3: I know, kind friends, but that is no disgrace. They
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  Speaker 3: were honorable and respected throughout my native place. My mother
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  Speaker 3: was an invalid and was for many a year, and I,
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  Speaker 3: being the eldest daughter her life, I had to cheer.
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  Speaker 3: I had two little sisters and a brother, which made three,
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  Speaker 3: and dear mother being sickly their care it fell on me.
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  Speaker 3: My parents moved to Algoma near twenty three years ago
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  Speaker 3: and bought one hundred acres of land. That's a good
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  Speaker 3: sized farm, you know. It was then a wilderness with
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  Speaker 3: tall forest trees abound. And it was four miles from
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  Speaker 3: a village or any other town. And it was two
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  Speaker 3: miles from a schoolhouse. That's the distant I had to go.
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  Speaker 3: And how many times I traveled through summer suns and
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  Speaker 3: winter snow. How well do I remember going to school
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  Speaker 3: many a morn, both in summer and in winter, through
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  Speaker 3: many a heavy storm. My heart was gay and happy.
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  Speaker 3: This was ever in my mind. There is better times
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  Speaker 3: a coming, and I hope some day to find myself
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  Speaker 3: capable of composing. It was my heart's delight to compose
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  Speaker 3: on a sentimental subject. If it came in my mind
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  Speaker 3: just right. If I went to school half the time,
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  Speaker 3: it was all that I could do. It seems very
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  Speaker 3: strange to me sometimes, and it may seem strange to you.
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  Speaker 3: It was natural for me to compose and put words
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  Speaker 3: into rhyme. And the success of my first work is
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  Speaker 3: this little song book of mine. My childhood days have
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  Speaker 3: passed and gone, and it fills my heart with pain
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  Speaker 3: to think that youth will never more return to me again.
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  Speaker 3: And now, kind friends, what I have wrote, I hope
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  Speaker 3: you will pass o'er and not criticize as some have
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  Speaker 3: done hitherto here before. End of poem. This LibriVox recording
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  Speaker 3: is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 4: Centennial by Julia A. Moore, read for LibriVox dot Org
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  Speaker 4: by Bruska Chuk. Come all, ye friends of liberty who
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  Speaker 4: love our good old nation, Let hands and hearts united
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  Speaker 4: be and beat the wide creation. For this is our
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  Speaker 4: centennial year, the birthday of our nation. For It is
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  Speaker 4: just one hundred years that stood our good old nation.
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  Speaker 4: Centennial Centennial. Hurrah to the centennial, and many many people
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  Speaker 4: gone to our national centennial. To Philadelphia people went, and
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  Speaker 4: more was sure to go. Sir, They say there was
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  Speaker 4: things to be seen of a hundred years a go, sir.
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  Speaker 4: Come all ye sons of liberty that love our good
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  Speaker 4: old nation, unite and keep our country free. And the
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  Speaker 4: stars and stripes a waving centennial Centennial. Hurrah to the centennial.
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  Speaker 4: And many many people gone to our national centennial. The
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  Speaker 4: Revolutionary War was fought to gain our independence, that we
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  Speaker 4: a nation great, may be both free and independent. They
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  Speaker 4: fought the British far and near for freedom, and they
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  Speaker 4: gained it in centennial years of jubilee. Let Columbia's sons
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  Speaker 4: maintain it. Centennial Centennial. Whorah to the centennial, and many
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  Speaker 4: many people gone to our national centennial. End of poem.
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  Speaker 4: This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 5: John Robinson by Julia A. Moore read for LibriVox dot
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  Speaker 5: Org by Michel Frye that nurged Louisiana. Come listen, friends,
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  Speaker 5: and hear a song. It is a doleful one about
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  Speaker 5: a young man dead and gone. He died far away
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  Speaker 5: from home. John Robinson. This young man's name, his age
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  Speaker 5: I cannot tell. And he was loved by all his friends,
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  Speaker 5: and he was known full well. His father and mother
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  Speaker 5: being dead, it left him an orphan boy. When he
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  Speaker 5: was with his brother, his health failed him. Poor boy,
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  Speaker 5: kind friends, they thought twould do him good to travel
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  Speaker 5: for his health to California. He did go with his
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  Speaker 5: uncle Zara French. He was not gone but a short
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  Speaker 5: time when a letter his friends received. It told how
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  Speaker 5: homesick Johnny was, how he for home did grieve. It
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  Speaker 5: said that he was getting worse, and his money was
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  Speaker 5: nearly gone, and if he did not soon return, never
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  Speaker 5: more would he see home. It said, dear brother, will
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  Speaker 5: you please some money to me?
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  Speaker 6: Send?
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  Speaker 5: For I fear I have not got enough to bring
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  Speaker 5: me back again. The doctor says I must soon return
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  Speaker 5: if I wish my home to see, for if I stay,
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  Speaker 5: my life is short. For the air disagrees with me.
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  Speaker 5: His brother will the letter read it made his eyes
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  Speaker 5: grow dim. Dear brother, he shall soon return, for I
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  Speaker 5: will go and fetch him. This brother, dear was very
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  Speaker 5: kind with money He went with haste for to bring
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  Speaker 5: him home again. But oh, he went too late, for
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  Speaker 5: he was sick and very bad. Poor boy, He thought,
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  Speaker 5: no doubt if he came home in a smoking car,
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  Speaker 5: his money would hold out. He started to come back alone.
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  Speaker 5: He came one third of the way one evening. In
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  Speaker 5: the car alone, his spirit fled away. No friend was
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  Speaker 5: near to speak to him or hear his dying moan.
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  Speaker 5: How sad, how sad it must have been to die
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  Speaker 5: there all alone, no loving friends to sue his brow
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  Speaker 5: or ease his weary form. Poor soul, poor soul is
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  Speaker 5: now at rest, for his soul to Heaven has gone.
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  Speaker 5: Telegraph dispatch was sent his friends. How sad they were
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  Speaker 5: to hear how their loved one died all alone in
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  Speaker 5: a car with no one near. The brother brought his
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  Speaker 5: body home to his friends that loved him best. He
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  Speaker 5: is sleeping in their graveyard. Now. Let peace be ere
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  Speaker 5: his rest and of porm. This recording is in the
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  Speaker 5: public domain.
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  Speaker 7: The Brave Page Boys by Julia A. Moore read for
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  Speaker 7: Librewoks dot Org by Alan Lapstone. In the Late Rebellion War,
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  Speaker 7: Grand Rapids did send out as brave and noble volunteers
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  Speaker 7: as ever went down south. Among them were the brave
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  Speaker 7: Page boys five brothers there were in all. They enlisted
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  Speaker 7: and went down south to obey their country's call. John S.
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  Speaker 7: Page was the eldest son. He went down south Afar
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  Speaker 7: and enlisted in the mechanics and served his time in
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  Speaker 7: the war. Fernando Page, the second son, served in the infantry.
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  Speaker 7: He was wounded, lost both his feet on duty at
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  Speaker 7: Yorktown Siege. Charles F. Page was a noble son. In
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  Speaker 7: sixty Ford did enlist, and in the same year he
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  Speaker 7: was killed in the Fight of the Wilderness. This brave
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  Speaker 7: boy was carrying the flag to cheer his comrades on.
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  Speaker 7: He fought in the eighth Infantry. Now he brave boy
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  Speaker 7: is gone, Tis said of this brave soldier boy, twas
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  Speaker 7: just before he died stood the flag standard in the ground,
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  Speaker 7: laid down by it, and died. The friends that loved
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  Speaker 7: this noble boy, how sad were they to hear of
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  Speaker 7: his death on the battlefield. His age was twenty years.
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  Speaker 7: James B. Page was a fine young man. He went
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  Speaker 7: in the artillery. He served his time with all the
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  Speaker 7: rest to keep his country free. ENO's Page, the youngest brother,
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  Speaker 7: his age was fourteen years, made five sons in one
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  Speaker 7: family went from Grand Rapids here. When ENO's page went
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  Speaker 7: from his home. He was only a boy, you know,
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  Speaker 7: he stole away from his mother dear for he was
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  Speaker 7: bound to go. She followed him to the barracks twice
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  Speaker 7: and took him home again. She found it was no
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  Speaker 7: use at last with friends let him remain in eight
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  Speaker 7: Michigan cavalry. This boy, he did enlist. His life was
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  Speaker 7: almost despaired off on account of numerous fits caused by
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  Speaker 7: drinking water. Poisoned effects cannot outgrow in northern Alabama. I
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  Speaker 7: hear there came this dreadful blow. How joyful were the
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  Speaker 7: parents of those noble soldier boys. There was one missing
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  Speaker 7: of the five when they returned from war. The one
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  Speaker 7: that carried the Union flag lies in a southern grave.
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  Speaker 7: The other brothers came back home two Grand Rapids, their
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  Speaker 7: native place. End of poem. This recording is in the
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  Speaker 7: public domain.
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  Speaker 3: Grand Rapids by Julia Amore read for LibriVox dot Org.
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  Speaker 3: By the story Girl air Bright Alpharetta Wild rove the
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  Speaker 3: Indians once on the banks of Grand River, and they
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  Speaker 3: built their little huts down by that flowing river, in
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  Speaker 3: a pleasant valley fair where flows the river Rapid, an
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  Speaker 3: Indian village once was there where now stands Grand Rapids.
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  Speaker 3: Indian girls and boys were seen with their bow and quiver,
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  Speaker 3: riding in their light canoes up and down the river.
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  Speaker 3: Their hearts were full of joy, happy voices, singing, made
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  Speaker 3: music with forest birds. They kept the valley ringing. Indians
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  Speaker 3: have left and gone beyond the Mississippi. They called the
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  Speaker 3: river all washtenong. Where stands this pleasant city. Lewis Campo,
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  Speaker 3: the first white man, bought land in Grand Raps. He
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  Speaker 3: lived and died an honored man by people of Grand Rapids.
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  Speaker 3: When Campell came to the valley, no bridge was across
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  Speaker 3: the river. Indians in their light canoes rode them or
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  Speaker 3: the water. Railroads now from every way run through the
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  Speaker 3: city Grand Rapids. The largest town in West Michigan is
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  Speaker 3: the city of Grand Rapids. End of poem. This recording
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  Speaker 3: is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 2: Temperance Reform Clubs by Julia Amore, read for Libbyvrox dot
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  Speaker 2: Org by Algiepag. Some enterprising people in our cities and
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  Speaker 2: towns have gone to organizing clubs of men that's fallen
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  Speaker 2: down in estimation, fallen low. Now they may rise again
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  Speaker 2: and be respected citizens throughout our native land. The Temperance
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  Speaker 2: Reform Club for ever made stand, and every one that
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  Speaker 2: loves strong drink pray join it, heart and hand. Then
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  Speaker 2: many a home will be bright, and many a heart
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  Speaker 2: made glad. It will be the greatest blessing this nation
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  Speaker 2: ever had. Manufacturers of strong drink can find better employ
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  Speaker 2: than to bring to ruin poor families and thousand souls destroy. Likewise,
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  Speaker 2: proprietors of saloons lose many a customer. Those men now
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  Speaker 2: rather stay at home that place they now prefer. The
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  Speaker 2: Temperance Reform Club forever made stand, and every one that
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  Speaker 2: loves strong drink pray join it, heart and hand. Then
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  Speaker 2: many a home will be bright, and many a heart
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  Speaker 2: made glad. It will be the greatest blessing this nation
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  Speaker 2: ever had. Don't be ashamed to wear your badge of
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  Speaker 2: ribbon on your breast. It shows you've joined the club
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  Speaker 2: to be a man among the rest. Your kindred friends
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  Speaker 2: will love to see you honored sober man, and all
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  Speaker 2: the friends that wish you well will help you if
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  Speaker 2: they can. The Temperance Reform Club for Ever, may it stand,
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  Speaker 2: and every one that loves strong drink pray join it
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  Speaker 2: heart and hand. Then many a home will be bright,
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  Speaker 2: and many a heart made glad. It will be the
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  Speaker 2: greatest blessing this nation ever had. Perhaps you have a mother,
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  Speaker 2: likewise a sister too. Perhaps you have a sweetheart that
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  Speaker 2: thinks them most of you. Perhaps you have a loving wife,
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  Speaker 2: and little ones at home their hearts rejoice to see
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  Speaker 2: that you can let strong drink alone. The Temperance Reform
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  Speaker 2: Club for ever, May it stand, and every one that
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  Speaker 2: loves strong drink pray, join it, heart and hand. Then
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  Speaker 2: many a home will be bright, and many a heart
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  Speaker 2: made glad. It will be the greatest blessing this nation
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  Speaker 2: ever had. Many a man joined the club that never
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  Speaker 2: drank a dram Those noble men were kind and brave.
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  Speaker 2: They care not for the slang. The slang they meet
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  Speaker 2: on every side. You're a reform drunkard too. You've joined
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  Speaker 2: the Red Ribbon Brigade among the drunken crew, the Temperance
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  Speaker 2: Reform Club. Forever, May it stand, and every one that
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  Speaker 2: loves strong drink pray, join it, heart and hand. Then
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  Speaker 2: many a home will be bright, and many a heart
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  Speaker 2: made glad. It will be the greatest blessing this nation
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  Speaker 2: ever had. It shows their hearts were very kind. They
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  Speaker 2: wished to save poor souls that love the intoxication cup
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  Speaker 2: that signed the Temperance Roll. Dear friends, ever keep rolling
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  Speaker 2: the work you have begun. Those noble men will not repent.
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  Speaker 2: I hope throughout our land the Temperance Reform Club for ever,
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  Speaker 2: may it stand, and every one that loves strong, drink pray,
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  Speaker 2: join it, heart and hand. Then many a home will
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  Speaker 2: be bright, and many a heart made glad. It will
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  Speaker 2: be the greatest blessing this nation ever had. Doctor Reynolds
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  Speaker 2: is a noble man. He has worked hard to save
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  Speaker 2: some people in our cities and towns from out a
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  Speaker 2: drunkard's grave. There is other men to help him. Now
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  Speaker 2: he lectures not alone, many a heart that blesses them
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  Speaker 2: from out now happy homes. The Temperance Reform Club. Forever,
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  Speaker 2: May it stand, and every one that loves strong, drink, pray,
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  Speaker 2: join it, heart and hand. Then many a home will
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  Speaker 2: be bright, and many a heart made glad. It will
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  Speaker 2: be the greatest blessing this nation ever had. And of poem.
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  Speaker 2: This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 5: Hiram Hellsell by Julia A. Moore read for Libervox Dot
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  Speaker 5: org by Michel Frye Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Once was a
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  Speaker 5: boy aged fifteen years. Hiram Helsell was his name. He
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  Speaker 5: was so sick two years or so he has left
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  Speaker 5: this world of pain. His friends they missed this lovely
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  Speaker 5: boy that was patient, kind and brave. He left them
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  Speaker 5: all for him to mourn. He is sleeping in his grave.
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  Speaker 5: He was a small boy of his age. When he
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  Speaker 5: was five years or so, was shocked by a lightning
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  Speaker 5: while to play, and it caused him not to grow.
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  Speaker 5: He was called little high Helsall by all friends that
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  Speaker 5: knew him well. His life was sad, as you shall hear,
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  Speaker 5: and the truth you i'll tell. His parents parted when
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  Speaker 5: he was small, and both are married again. How sad
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  Speaker 5: it was for them to meet and view his last remains.
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  Speaker 5: He was living with his father then, as many a
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  Speaker 5: friend can tell, Tis said his father's second wife that
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  Speaker 5: she did not use him well. Just before a little
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  Speaker 5: Hiram died, his uncle and aunt were there. He kissed
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  Speaker 5: them both, bid them farewell. They left him with a prayer.
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  Speaker 5: Now he is gone, Oh, let him rest. His soul
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  Speaker 5: has found a haven for grief and woe. Ne'er enters
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  Speaker 5: there in that place called heaven and of porn. This
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  Speaker 5: recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 4: Beautiful twenty second by Julia A. Moore read for LibriVox
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  Speaker 4: dot Org. Bye Bruska Chuk to original music. The people
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  Speaker 4: in this nation have kept for many years February twenty second.
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  Speaker 4: That day we love it dear. It's our forefather's birthday,
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  Speaker 4: Brave Noble Washington. And may we ever keep it through
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  Speaker 4: all the years to come. Beautiful twenty second, Beautiful twenty second.
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  Speaker 4: May the people ever keep it beautiful twenty second. One
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  Speaker 4: of the constitution builders was that brave noble man. He
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  Speaker 4: fought under that dear flag that's loved throughout our land.
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  Speaker 4: He went through many battles. He fought for liberty, that
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  Speaker 4: this glorious republic, a nation great, may be beautiful twenty second,
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  Speaker 4: beautiful twenty second. May the people ever keep it beautiful
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  Speaker 4: twenty second. Oh, keep the twenty second in honor to
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  Speaker 4: his name, who fought to gain our freedom from England's
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  Speaker 4: British chains. Now he is sweetly sleeping, Brave Noble Washington.
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  Speaker 4: May the people not forget him, Columbia's noblest son. Beautiful
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  Speaker 4: twenty second beautiful twenty second. May the people ever keep
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  Speaker 4: it beautiful twenty second in a poem. This recording is
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  Speaker 4: in the public domain. William Upson by Julia A. Moore
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  Speaker 4: read for LibriVox dot Org by Bruskachuk. Here the Major's
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  Speaker 4: only son. Come, all good people far and near, Oh,
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  Speaker 4: come and see what you can hear. It's of a
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  Speaker 4: young man, true and brave, who is now sleeping in
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  Speaker 4: his grave.
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  Speaker 7: Now.
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  Speaker 4: William Hupson was his name. If it's not that, it's
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  Speaker 4: all the same. He did enlist in the cruel strife,
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  Speaker 4: and it caused him to lose his life. He was
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  Speaker 4: Jesse Hupson's eldest son. His father loved his noble son.
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  Speaker 4: This son was nineteen years of age in the rebellion.
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  Speaker 4: He engaged his father said that he might go. But
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  Speaker 4: his dear mother she said, no, stay at home, dear bill,
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  Speaker 4: she said, but oh, she could not turn his head
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  Speaker 4: for go he would, and go he did. He would
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  Speaker 4: not do as his mother bid for. He went away
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  Speaker 4: down south there where he could not have his mother's care.
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  Speaker 4: He went to Nashville, Tennessee. There his kind friends he
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  Speaker 4: could not see. He died among strangers far away. They
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  Speaker 4: knew not where his body lay. He was taken sick
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  Speaker 4: and lived for weeks. And oh how his parents weep.
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  Speaker 4: But now they must in sorrow mourn Billy has gone
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  Speaker 4: to his heaven home. If his mother could have seen
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  Speaker 4: her son, for she loved him, her darling one. If
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  Speaker 4: she could herd his dying prayer, it would ease her
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  Speaker 4: heart till she met him there. It would relieved his
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  Speaker 4: mother's heart to have seen her son from this world
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  Speaker 4: depart and hear his noble words of love as he
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  Speaker 4: left this world. For that above, it will relieve his
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  Speaker 4: mother's heart that her son is laid in our graveyard.
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  Speaker 4: Now she knows that his grave is near, she will
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  Speaker 4: not shed so many tears. She knows not that it
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  Speaker 4: was her son. His coffin could not be opened. It
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  Speaker 4: might be someone in his place, for she could not
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  Speaker 4: see his noble face. He enrolled in eighteen sixty three,
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  Speaker 4: the next day after Christmas Eve. He died in eighteen
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  Speaker 4: sixty four, twenty third of March, As I was Told
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  Speaker 4: and O poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 6: Deal Love do You Remember? By Julia A. Moore read
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  Speaker 6: for librovox dot Org by Caveat dearest one, do you
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  Speaker 6: remember as we sat side by side, how you told
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  Speaker 6: me that you loved me, asked me to be your bride,
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  Speaker 6: and you told me we'd be happy for all the
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  Speaker 6: years to come if we ever would prove faithful as
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  Speaker 6: in the days when we were young. Oh, how well
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  Speaker 6: do I remember the kind and loving words, And now,
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  Speaker 6: as I sat dreaming, the thoughts of memory stirs. But
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  Speaker 6: the days have passed before me, and the scenes of
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  Speaker 6: long ago. But I can never forget the days that
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  Speaker 6: have passed. All, Oh, how well do I remember the
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  Speaker 6: kind and loving words, and now, as I sat dreaming,
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  Speaker 6: the thoughts of my memory stirs. But in the days
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  Speaker 6: have passed before me, and the scenes of a long ago,
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  Speaker 6: But I can never forget the days that have passed. All. Oh,
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  Speaker 6: how clearly I remember the days when we were young,
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  Speaker 6: how we would tell to each other of happy times
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  Speaker 6: to come, and as we would sit together that dear
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  Speaker 6: loved one, and I, oh, such dreaming of the future
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  Speaker 6: and childhood days gone by. Dearest Love, do you remember
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  Speaker 6: the first time that we met? Our youthful days have gone, Love,
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  Speaker 6: I hope you love me. Yet now we are growing old. Love,
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  Speaker 6: our heads will soon be gray. May we ever love
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  Speaker 6: each other till from Earth we pass away. End of poem.
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  Speaker 6: This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 8: Hurrah for Cooper and Carrie by Julia Amore read for
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  Speaker 8: LibriVox dot Org by Aaron Grassy Air. Rally round the flag, boys,
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  Speaker 8: We will rally in the city. We will gather from
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  Speaker 8: the farms, shouting equalization. Greenback's a legal tender. Then the
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  Speaker 8: poor will get along the poor that dwell throughout our nation.
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  Speaker 8: Three cheers for Cooper and Carrie. Hoorrah, boys, hoorrah. Three
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  Speaker 8: cheers for our nation in peace and in war. If
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  Speaker 8: it were not for our laboring men, what would our
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  Speaker 8: nation do? Take this in consideration. It is now one
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  Speaker 8: hundred years, or just one century stood grand this good
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  Speaker 8: old nation, and our forefathers fought that we may not
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  Speaker 8: be a slave, a slave to the monarchy of England.
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  Speaker 8: Three cheers for Cooper and carry Hoorrah, boys, hoorrah. Three
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  Speaker 8: cheers for our nation in peace and in war. If
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  Speaker 8: it were not for our laboring men, what would our
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  Speaker 8: nation do? Take this in consideration. Revolutionary War was fought
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  Speaker 8: with the British. This we hear to make this an
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  Speaker 8: independent nation. We the independent men. We will not be
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  Speaker 8: a slave to bondholders in our nation. Three cheers for
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  Speaker 8: Cooper and Carrie. Hoorrah, boys, hurrah. Three cheers for our
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  Speaker 8: nation in peace and in war. If it were not
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  Speaker 8: for our laboring men, what would our nation do? Take
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  Speaker 8: this in consideration. The Republicans are for gold and the
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  Speaker 8: nation as it is. Take this in consideration. In eighteen
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  Speaker 8: seventy nine, taxes must be paid in gold. If Hayes
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  Speaker 8: and Wheeler gain election, three cheers for Cooper and Carrie. Hoorrah, boys, hoorrah.
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  Speaker 8: Three cheers for our nation in peace and in war.
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  Speaker 8: If it were not for our laboring men, what would
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  Speaker 8: our nation do? Take this in consideration. The Democrats are
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  Speaker 8: for gold, reform and economy. What better off will be
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  Speaker 8: our nation if Tilden and Hendrix, If they gain the day,
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  Speaker 8: poor people will come to starvation. Three cheers for Cooper
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  Speaker 8: and carry hoorrah, boys, hoorrah. Three cheers for our nation
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  Speaker 8: in peace and in war. If it were not for
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  Speaker 8: our laboring men, what would our nation do? Take this
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  Speaker 8: in consideration. Come freeman, now arise, put your shoulder to
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  Speaker 8: the wheel this presidential election. Vote for an independent man.
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  Speaker 8: One in favor of Greenback's in this great financial question.
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  Speaker 8: Three cheers for Cooper and Carry. Hoorrah, boys, hurrah. Three
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  Speaker 8: cheers for our nation in peace and in war. If
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  Speaker 8: it were not for our laboring men, what would our
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  Speaker 8: nation do? Take this in consideration? Three cheers for Cooper
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  Speaker 8: and Carry. May they keep marching on, marching with God
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  Speaker 8: upon the right. Boys, May they conquer o'er their foes
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  Speaker 8: and the cursed money rings right, will yet conquer my boys?
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  Speaker 8: Three cheers for Cooper and Carrie. Hoorah, boys, hoorrah. Three
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  Speaker 8: cheers for our nation in peace and in war. If
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  Speaker 8: it were not for our laboring men, what would our
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  Speaker 8: nation do? Take this in consideration? End of poem. This
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  Speaker 8: recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 1: My Infant Days by Julia A. Moore read for LibriVox
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  Speaker 1: dot Org by Larry Wilson Er the rain upon the
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  Speaker 1: roof When I was at little infant and I lay
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  Speaker 1: in mother's arms. Then I felt the gentle pressure of
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  Speaker 1: a loving mother's arms. Go to sleep, my little baby,
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  Speaker 1: go to sleep. Mamma would say, Oh, will not my
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  Speaker 1: little lady go to sleep? For ma to day?
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  Speaker 5: Oh.
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  Speaker 1: My parents loved me dearly, for I was their eldest born,
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  Speaker 1: and they always called me Julia in a mild and
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  Speaker 1: loving form. My parents will not forget me though I
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  Speaker 1: married and left their home, for they can remember clearly
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  Speaker 1: how with them I once did rome. Oh my mother,
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  Speaker 1: how I love her, though her head is growing gray,
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  Speaker 1: For in fancy I can see her bending oar me
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  Speaker 1: night and day as she did when I was little,
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  Speaker 1: watching me in sleep and play. Mother now is growing feeble.
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  Speaker 1: Now I will her love repay. Oh my father, how
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  Speaker 1: I love him, for he has worked hard for me
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  Speaker 1: for to earn my food and clothing in my little infancy.
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  Speaker 1: And Oh I will not forget him. While on earth
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  Speaker 1: I do remain. May the God of Heaven bless him
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  Speaker 1: in this world of grief and pain. In deboem. This
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  Speaker 1: recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 8: Roll On Time, Roll On by Julia Amore, read for
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  Speaker 8: LibriVox dot Org by Aaron grassy Air. Roll On, Silver Moon,
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  Speaker 8: Roll on Time, Roll On, as it always has done
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  Speaker 8: since the time this world first begun. It can never
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  Speaker 8: change my love that I gave a dear man, faithful friend.
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  Speaker 8: I gave my heart and hand. Roll on Time, Roll On.
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  Speaker 8: It can never turn back to the time of my
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  Speaker 8: maiden days to the time of my youth. It never
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  Speaker 8: turn back when I wandered with my love bright and gay.
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  Speaker 8: I was happy then as a girl could ever be,
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  Speaker 8: and live on this earth here below, I was happy
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  Speaker 8: as a lark and as busy as a bee. For
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  Speaker 8: in fashion or in style, I did not go Roll
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  Speaker 8: on time, Roll on. It can never turn back to
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  Speaker 8: the time of my maiden days, to the time of
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  Speaker 8: my youth. It can never turn back when I wandered
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  Speaker 8: with my love bright and gay. My parents were poor,
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  Speaker 8: and they could not dress me so, for they had
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  Speaker 8: not got the money to spare. And it may be
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  Speaker 8: better so, for I do not think fine clothes make
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  Speaker 8: a person any better than they are. Roll on time,
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  Speaker 8: Roll on. It can never turn back to the time
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  Speaker 8: of my mine maiden days, to the time of my youth.
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  Speaker 8: It can never turn back when I wandered with my
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  Speaker 8: love bright and gay. Some people are getting so they
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  Speaker 8: think a poor girl, though she be bright and intelligent
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  Speaker 8: and gay, she must have nice clothes, or she is
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  Speaker 8: nothing in this world if she is not dressed in
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  Speaker 8: style every day. Roll on time, Roll on. It can
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  Speaker 8: never turn back to the time of my maiden days.
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  Speaker 8: To the time of my youth. It can never turn
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  Speaker 8: back when I wandered with my love bright and gay.
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  Speaker 8: Remember never to judge people by their clothes. For our
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  Speaker 8: brave noble Washington said, honorable are rags If a true
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  Speaker 8: heart they inclose. And I found it was the truth
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  Speaker 8: when I married. Roll On, Time, roll On. It can
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  Speaker 8: never turn back to the time of my maiden days,
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  Speaker 8: to the time of my youth. It can never turn
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  Speaker 8: back when I wandered with my love, bright and gay.
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  Speaker 8: End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 4: Minnie's Departure by Julia A. Moore read for LibriVox dot
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  Speaker 4: Org by Bruska chuk Here Mount Vernon, Dearest many, she
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  Speaker 4: has left us in this world of grief and woe.
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  Speaker 4: But tis God that has bereft us. He called her
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  Speaker 4: little soul to go. Minnie's gone to dwell in heaven,
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  Speaker 4: where bright little angels reign. Her little soul has reached
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  Speaker 4: a haven where where there is no grief and pain.
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  Speaker 4: God will bless his little treasures one by one that
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  Speaker 4: come to him. Though she has left this world forever,
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  Speaker 4: we will put our trust in him. Oh, we loved
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  Speaker 4: our little dear one. It's no human tongue can tell.
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  Speaker 4: God has called her to come to him, Yet he
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  Speaker 4: doeth all things.
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 4: Oh twas hard for us to leave her in her
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  Speaker 4: little grave, so low, leave that little silent sleeper, But
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  Speaker 4: tis there we all must go. Oh we miss our
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  Speaker 4: little treasure and her loss. We deeply feel when we
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  Speaker 4: think she's gone forever. Tears there from our eyes will
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  Speaker 4: steal and o poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 2: Lois House by Julia Amore read Flebrivox dot Org by
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  Speaker 2: Algiepug Come all, ye, young people of every degree, come
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  Speaker 2: give your attention one moment to me. It's of a
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  Speaker 2: young couple I now will relate, and of the misfortunes
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  Speaker 2: and of their sad fate. One was young damsel, both
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  Speaker 2: blooming and fair, the other a young man. His beauty
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  Speaker 2: was rare. He loved this lady as he loved his
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  Speaker 2: own life. If God had not called her, he would
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  Speaker 2: have made her his wife. He courted her a long
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  Speaker 2: time in triumph and glee. But little did he think
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  Speaker 2: that she soon would leave, leave him in sorrow, forsaken
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  Speaker 2: alone to mourn her departure. For she was going home,
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  Speaker 2: going home to her father, that dwelleth on High, who
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  Speaker 2: gave her her life, and who caused her to die
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  Speaker 2: and leave her true lover, one whom she could trust
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  Speaker 2: to molder her fair form. Awhile in the dust Lois
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  Speaker 2: house at a Joy Morris were their names. I believe
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  Speaker 2: they loved each other dearly and never deceived. But God
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  Speaker 2: he did part them, one which he laid low, the
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  Speaker 2: other he left with his heart full of woe. Joy
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  Speaker 2: laid her dying head on his bosom once more pressed
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  Speaker 2: her to his heart as he had oft done before, saying,
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  Speaker 2: dear Lois, are you going to leave me? Yes, Joy,
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  Speaker 2: I can no longer stay here with THEE. Oh Joy,
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  Speaker 2: can't you give me up, dearest? Said she. If you
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  Speaker 2: will say yes, Love, I can leave in peace in heaven. Love,
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  Speaker 2: I will be waiting for THEE. Be true to our savior.
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  Speaker 2: You'll soon follow me. If I must say yes, Love
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  Speaker 2: for you to leave me, God will do better by
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  Speaker 2: you loest than me. Oh it's hard for me, Dearest,
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  Speaker 2: hard to say yes. It leaves me alone Love, in
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  Speaker 2: sad woefulness. I want your picture Joy placed in my
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  Speaker 2: cold hand, and let it be buried with me in
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  Speaker 2: the ground. It's all I can carry with me to
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  Speaker 2: the grave granted to me love, It's all that I crave.
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: They called for her father and mother most dear. She
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  Speaker 2: kissed them and bade them farewell through their tears. They
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  Speaker 2: called for her brother and sisters again, to kiss their
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  Speaker 2: sister while life still remain one kiss from you. Joy.
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  Speaker 2: She whispered so low that no one in the room
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  Speaker 2: heard her. You know she gasped for her breath once
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  Speaker 2: or twice more. When low her spirit left her, and
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  Speaker 2: lois is no more. They placed her fair form in
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  Speaker 2: the coffin so cold, and placed their joyous picture as
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  Speaker 2: they had been told. They bore her to her grave.
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: All were in sad gloom, and gently laid her down
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  Speaker 2: to rest in her tomb. End of poem. This recording
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  Speaker 2: is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 7: The Brave Volunteer by Julia A. Moore read Forlibrivaux dot
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  Speaker 7: org by Allan Maapstone. At the time of the rebellion
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  Speaker 7: between the North and South, many a noble volunteer came
• 43:00
  Speaker 7: county did send out. Among them was Chyler Davis. He
• 43:05
  Speaker 7: hailed from Oakfield Town. He enlisted in the service his
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  Speaker 7: native land to shield this brave and noble volunteer. He
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  Speaker 7: left his home and friends, for he dearly loved his country.
• 43:20
  Speaker 7: He went from Michigan, not thinking when he went down
• 43:24
  Speaker 7: south the federal ranks to fill that he would lay
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  Speaker 7: in prisons Belle Isle to Andersonville, in prison cells, lamenting
• 43:36
  Speaker 7: for seventeen months, he lay thinking of the dear ones
• 43:40
  Speaker 7: at home so far away. He lay in prison, suffering
• 43:45
  Speaker 7: no friend to hear him moan. A living, walking skeleton
• 43:51
  Speaker 7: he was when he came home. He was discharged in Kansas,
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  Speaker 7: the place called Fort Leavenworth, And he did return to Oakfield,
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  Speaker 7: the place he first came forth. How joyful were his
• 44:06
  Speaker 7: parents when they saw they then lost one. The God
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  Speaker 7: of Heaven was merciful to let return their son. And
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  Speaker 7: the poem this recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 4: Little Andrew by Julia A. Moore, read for LibriVox dot
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  Speaker 4: Org by Bruce Kachuck heir Gypsy's warning. Andrew was a
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  Speaker 4: little infant, and his life was two years old. He
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  Speaker 4: was his parents eldest boy, and he was drowned. I
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  Speaker 4: was told his parents never more can see him in
• 44:54
  Speaker 4: this world of grief and pain, and oh they will
• 44:59
  Speaker 4: not forget him, while on earth they do remain. On
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  Speaker 4: one bright and pleasant morning, his uncle thought it would
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  Speaker 4: be nice to take his dear little nephew down to
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  Speaker 4: play upon a raft where he was to work upon it,
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  Speaker 4: and this little child would company be the raft the
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  Speaker 4: water rushed around it. Yet he the danger did not see.
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  Speaker 4: This little child knew no danger. Its little soul was
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  Speaker 4: free from sin. He was looking in the water when
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  Speaker 4: alas this child fell in beneath the raft. The water
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  Speaker 4: took him, for the current was so strong, and before
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  Speaker 4: they could rescue him, he was drowned and was gone.
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  Speaker 4: Oh how sad were his kind parents when they saw
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  Speaker 4: their drowned child as they brought him from the water.
• 46:04
  Speaker 4: It almost made their hearts grow wild. Oh how mournful
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  Speaker 4: was the parting from that little infant son. Friends, I
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  Speaker 4: pray you all take warning, be careful of your little ones.
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  Speaker 4: End a poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 2: William House and Family by Julia Amore readful libivox dot
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  Speaker 2: Org by algiepag Come, all kind friends, both far and near,
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  Speaker 2: Come listen to me, and you shall hear each of
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  Speaker 2: a family and their fate All about them. I will
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: relate they once tolive at Egeiton. They once to live
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  Speaker 2: at Muskegon. From there they went to Chicago, which proved
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  Speaker 2: their fatal overthrow. It was William House's family, as fine
• 47:06
  Speaker 2: a family as you see. His family was eleven in all.
• 47:10
  Speaker 2: I do not think it was very small. Two children
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  Speaker 2: died some years ago before they went to Chicago. Four
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  Speaker 2: children there he had with him when death. His home
• 47:22
  Speaker 2: there enters in the smallpox then was raging there, and
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  Speaker 2: oh it would not their house spare for all but
• 47:31
  Speaker 2: one was sick of them. A dreadful house it must
• 47:34
  Speaker 2: have been. The eldest girl was married then, the eldest
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  Speaker 2: boy was in Michigan. The second boy he was at
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  Speaker 2: home and took care of them all alone. His father
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  Speaker 2: and his mother, dear and dear sister too, I hear,
• 47:51
  Speaker 2: were very sick and in his care, and no kind
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  Speaker 2: friends to help him. There two little brothers and a
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  Speaker 2: baby too, made six all. What could he do? He
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  Speaker 2: had to take care of them all. The baby too
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  Speaker 2: was very small, as he would go to his father's
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  Speaker 2: bed and try to soothe his aching head. My son,
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  Speaker 2: now pray you leave me, Do go take care of
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  Speaker 2: poor mother. Do your mother and sister need your care?
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  Speaker 2: And your little infant brother there, Oh Charlie, Charlie, take
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  Speaker 2: care of them, my son, do all for them you can.
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  Speaker 2: It seemed as though he did not know that his
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  Speaker 2: poor soul so soon must go and leave his little ones.
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  Speaker 2: He loved to go to that bright world above, but
• 48:42
  Speaker 2: God he caught his soul away. It had to leave,
• 48:45
  Speaker 2: it could not stay. He never more on earth will
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  Speaker 2: be His soul is from sin and sorrow free. Charles
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  Speaker 2: helped the sexton. I am told to lay his form
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  Speaker 2: in the coffin cold. How sir, how sad poor soul
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  Speaker 2: was he when last his father's form did see Minnie
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  Speaker 2: may house. She had to go and leave her friends
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  Speaker 2: that loved her. So she was a girl just in
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  Speaker 2: her teens, a lovely flower as air was seen. Minnie
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  Speaker 2: and her mother lay on one bed, and when Charles said,
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  Speaker 2: how Minnie is dead his mother, then she did grow
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  Speaker 2: wild and early after knew her child. They buried Minnie
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  Speaker 2: by her father's side and left them there where they
• 49:35
  Speaker 2: had died. Charles took his mother and brothers then and
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: brought them back to Michigan. For the mother and the
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  Speaker 2: baby too. Kind friends did all that they could do,
• 49:47
  Speaker 2: but those poor souls they could not save, for now
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  Speaker 2: they're sleeping in their grave. Oh what a noble son
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  Speaker 2: was he? His age was then only sixteen Charles house
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  Speaker 2: his name I have told before God bless his soul
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  Speaker 2: forevermore in the poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 4: The Orphan's Friend by Julia A. Moore read for LibriVox
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  Speaker 4: dot Org by brus Kachuk. Come, all, kind, good people
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  Speaker 4: with sympathizing hearts. Come listen to a few kind words
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  Speaker 4: A friend to you imparts. Be kind to an orphan
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  Speaker 4: child and always be its friend. You will be happy
• 50:44
  Speaker 4: in this world and will be to the end. Be
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  Speaker 4: kind to the motherless, little motherless ones, for God will
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  Speaker 4: forever bless you in this world to come no kind
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  Speaker 4: and loving mother to soothe their little brow. Be kind
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  Speaker 4: to them, always friends. They have no mother. Now be
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  Speaker 4: kind to the fatherless. Wherever you may find one little
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  Speaker 4: one that is friendless, I pray ye all be kind,
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  Speaker 4: for it has no loving father to speak with mild
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  Speaker 4: reproof or guide its youthful footsteps in honesty and truth.
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  Speaker 4: Be kind to the little orphans. They have no parents. Dear,
• 51:43
  Speaker 4: be kind to the little orphans. Speak to them words
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  Speaker 4: of cheer. Then they will always love you for kind
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  Speaker 4: and gentle words. Then God will ever bless you, for
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  Speaker 4: he said in his word and off poem. This recording
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  Speaker 4: is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 7: The Two Brave Soldiers by Julia A. Moore read forlibrivox
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  Speaker 7: dot Org by Alan Maapstone Air the Texas Rangers. My friends,
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  Speaker 7: I pray you listen. A story I will tell is
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  Speaker 7: of two noble soldiers. And they were known full well.
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  Speaker 7: They were killed in the rebellion. As you champlainly hear,
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  Speaker 7: those brave and noble soldiers. No danger did they fear.
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  Speaker 7: They enlisted in Grand Rapids in eighteen and sixty two,
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  Speaker 7: because in the month of August about the middle too.
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  Speaker 7: These two save noble soldiers. They joined the cavalry. They
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  Speaker 7: fought to save their country united it yet may be
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  Speaker 7: one of them a single man. His name was Martin House.
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  Speaker 7: The other one was married. His name, I'll tell you now,
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  Speaker 7: Abram Bishop was his name. He was a Christian man.
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  Speaker 7: Two soldiers. They were brave, and they hailed from Michigan.
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  Speaker 7: When they left their native place, their friends to them
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  Speaker 7: did say, oh, do not go to war boys, you'd
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  Speaker 7: better with us, stay for if you join the army,
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  Speaker 7: you never will return. To all your friends that love you,
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  Speaker 7: you never will return. Young House spoke unto his friends,
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  Speaker 7: I'd rather go, said he. I have no wife and
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  Speaker 7: children to weep and mourn for me. I hear my
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  Speaker 7: country calling for her sons of liberty, and I, for one,
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  Speaker 7: must go. Friends, A coward, I cannot be. We are
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  Speaker 7: not afraid of fighting. The rebels know not we. They
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  Speaker 7: are bound to make our country a place for slaves
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  Speaker 7: to be. Our fathers fought before us to gain our liberty,
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  Speaker 7: and we, the sons of free men, must fight to
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  Speaker 7: keep it free. Farewell, farewell to all our friends that
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  Speaker 7: we may leave behind. If we do never return, will
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  Speaker 7: pray you bear in mind if God sees fit to
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  Speaker 7: call us, we are not afraid to die. Our country
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  Speaker 7: she is calling. We must bid you all good bye.
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  Speaker 7: It was in old Virginia those noble soldiers fell in
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  Speaker 7: the Battle of Hanover Town. As many a man can tell,
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  Speaker 7: they fought through many battles, obeyed their captain's call, alas
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  Speaker 7: the missiles struck them and caused them both to fall.
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  Speaker 7: End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 3: Early Days of Rockford by Julia A. Moore read for
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  Speaker 3: LibriVox dot org. By the story girl Heir Lucy Long,
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  Speaker 3: my friends, I pray you listen. I'll sing a little
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  Speaker 3: song about the village of Rockford. It will not take
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  Speaker 3: me long, and how it was first settled by enterprising men,
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  Speaker 3: and all the news about it. I'll tell you if
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  Speaker 3: I can. Situated in a wilderness with forests all around,
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  Speaker 3: thirteen miles from Grand Rapids is this flourishing town on
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  Speaker 3: the banks of Rogue River where run the water still,
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  Speaker 3: and in the early settled days, was called Laphamville, first
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  Speaker 3: settled by Smith Lapham in eighteen and forty three. Then
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  Speaker 3: came the Hunter brothers to keep him company. Lapham and
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  Speaker 3: Hunter brothers built each a shingle mill on the banks
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  Speaker 3: of Rogue River. Are the same old buildings still. In
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  Speaker 3: the early days of Rockford they had to run a stage.
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  Speaker 3: They had no other conveyance to get from place to place.
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  Speaker 3: Now they go by railway. The cars run night and day.
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  Speaker 3: The early days of Rockford have nearly passed away. End
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  Speaker 3: of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 7: Grand Rapids Cricket Club Julia A. Moore readfilibvox dot org.
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  Speaker 7: By Allan Mapstone in Grand Rapids is a handsome club
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  Speaker 7: of men that cricket play has find a set of
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  Speaker 7: skillful men that can their skill display. They are the
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  Speaker 7: champions of the West. They think they are quite fine.
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  Speaker 7: They've won a hundred honors. Well, it's their most cunning design.
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  Speaker 7: Brave Kelso he's considered great chief of the club. He
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  Speaker 7: is found great crowds he draws to see him bowl
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  Speaker 7: the ball upon the ground. And mister Follett is very brave,
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  Speaker 7: a lighter player than the rest. He got struck severe
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  Speaker 7: at the fair ground, for which he took a rest.
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  Speaker 7: When mister Dennis does play well, his courage is full
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  Speaker 7: great and accidents to him occur, but not much though
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  Speaker 7: of late this ballplay is a dangerous game. Brave knights
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  Speaker 7: to play it though those boys would be the nation's
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  Speaker 7: pride if they to war. Would go from Milwall. He
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  Speaker 7: there club did come with thoughts of skill at play,
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  Speaker 7: but they was and then went home, had nothing more
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  Speaker 7: to say. Grand Rapids Club that cricket play will soon
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  Speaker 7: be known afar much prouder do the members stand like
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  Speaker 7: many a noble star. End of Pome. This recording is
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  Speaker 7: in the public domain.
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  Speaker 8: Little Henry by Julia Amore read for LibriVox dot Org
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  Speaker 8: by Aaron Grassey. Many, Oh, come, listen to my story
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  Speaker 8: of a little infant child. His spirit is in glory.
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  Speaker 8: It has left us for a while. Death has robbed
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  Speaker 8: us of our Henry. He is with our Savior now
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  Speaker 8: where there is no pain or sorrow comes to cloud
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  Speaker 8: his little brow. God has took their little treasure and
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  Speaker 8: his name. I'll tell you now he has gone from
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  Speaker 8: earth forever, their little Charles, Henry Howees. His cheeks were
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  Speaker 8: red as roses, and his eyes were black as coal's.
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  Speaker 8: His little lips were red as rubies, and his little
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  Speaker 8: hair it curled. Oh, they called him little Charlie. He
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  Speaker 8: was full of joyful mirth. Now his little form is
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  Speaker 8: lying neath the cold and silent earth. God has took
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  Speaker 8: their little treasure and his name. I'll tell you now
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  Speaker 8: he has gone from earth forever, their little Charles, Henry Howe's.
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  Speaker 8: It was the eleventh of December, on a cold and
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  Speaker 8: windy day, just at the close of evening, when the
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  Speaker 8: sunlight fades away. Little Henry he was dying in his
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  Speaker 8: little crib. He lay with soft winds round him, sighing
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  Speaker 8: from the morn till close of day. God has took
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  Speaker 8: their little treasure and his name. I'll tell you now
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  Speaker 8: he has gone from earth forever. Their little Charles Henry House, parents, brothers, sisters,
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  Speaker 8: weeping for their cup of sorrows full and his little playthings,
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  Speaker 8: keeping that he thought so beautiful. Tears from parents eyes
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  Speaker 8: were starting for their little loving one. Oh how painful
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  Speaker 8: was the parting from their little infant son. God has
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  Speaker 8: took their little treasure and his name. I'll tell you
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  Speaker 8: now he has gone from earth forever, their little Charles
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  Speaker 8: Henry Howes. Oh how often they have kissed him and
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  Speaker 8: caressed his little brow to his little voice, have listened.
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  Speaker 8: But his place is vacant. Now They called him little Charlie,
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  Speaker 8: and his loving name they called, but they could not
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  Speaker 8: keep their darling from the loving Savior's call. God has
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  Speaker 8: took their little treasure and his name. I'll tell you
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  Speaker 8: now he has gone from earth forever, their little Charles
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  Speaker 8: Henry Howes. But they must now cease their mourning. His
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  Speaker 8: little soul is at rest, where there can no storms
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  Speaker 8: of trouble roll across his peaceful breast. Now his little
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  Speaker 8: form is sleeping in the cold and silent tomb, and
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  Speaker 8: his friends are left a weeping in his dear and
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  Speaker 8: loving home. God has took their little treasure and his name.
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  Speaker 8: I'll tell you now he has gone from earth forever,
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  Speaker 8: their little Charles Henry Howees. It was the eleventh of
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  Speaker 8: December eighteen seventy was the year. Kind friends will all
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  Speaker 8: remember silently. Let fall a tear. But we must not
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  Speaker 8: trouble borrow, for the God of Heaven is just. No
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  Speaker 8: one knows a parent's sorrow till a child held some
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  Speaker 8: friend have lost. God has took their little treasure and
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  Speaker 8: his name. I'll tell you now he has gone from
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  Speaker 8: earth forever, their little Charles, Henry Howes. End of poem.
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  Speaker 8: This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 9: Be Kind to the Little Ones by Julia A. Moore
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  Speaker 9: read for Lieberbox dot Org by Seagull Gracie. Be kind
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  Speaker 9: to the little ones, Eir he folds them on his bosom.
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  Speaker 9: Be kind to all little ones. All fathers, mothers, dear,
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  Speaker 9: be kind to your little ones, their little hearts to
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  Speaker 9: cheer for.
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  Speaker 5: Oh you know not how.
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  Speaker 9: Soon their place will vacant be. If God should call
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  Speaker 9: one to his home, your conscience would be free. Their
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  Speaker 9: little forms are tender. They're at your mercy now. They
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  Speaker 9: need your kind attention to watch them every hour while
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  Speaker 9: they are little infants, My friends, take time to spare.
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  Speaker 9: Do not forget an instant to give them tender care. God,
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  Speaker 9: he never did intend you to misuse your child. Their
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  Speaker 9: little souls to you, He sends to bless you for
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  Speaker 9: a while. And if you always will be kind to
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  Speaker 9: them sweet little ones, Oh what a blessing you will
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  Speaker 9: find in after years to come. You never never will repent,
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  Speaker 9: dear friend, for being kind those little ones to you
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  Speaker 9: were sent. And always bear in mind that God may
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  Speaker 9: call your little ones and leave you here behind. Oh
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  Speaker 9: what a happy thought will come. I always have been kind.
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  Speaker 9: End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 4: Red ribbon by Julia A. Moore read four LibriVox dot
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  Speaker 4: org by Bruce Kachuk. The red ribbon is all the go.
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  Speaker 4: It's the temperance sign. You know. It is seen wherever
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  Speaker 4: you go. On Men who dare do right, dare to
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  Speaker 4: do right, dare to do right. Let your motto ever
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  Speaker 4: be dare to do right. It's no disgrace to wear
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  Speaker 4: that badge of red ribbon. Dear youthful lad your mother's heart.
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  Speaker 4: It will make glad to see you. Dare do right,
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  Speaker 4: dare to do right, dare to do right. Let your
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  Speaker 4: motto ever be. Dare to do right, young friend, don't
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  Speaker 4: fail to sign the pledge and don the badge of
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  Speaker 4: ribbon red and leave some ways you have led always.
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  Speaker 4: Dare do right, dare to do right, dare to do right.
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  Speaker 4: Let your motto ever be. Dare to do right. Friends
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  Speaker 4: that love you is glad to see that you can.
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  Speaker 4: Let vile strong drink be their hearts rejoice in highest
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  Speaker 4: glee to see you. Dare do right, dare to do right,
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  Speaker 4: dare to do right. Let your motto ever be. Dare
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  Speaker 4: to do right. Three cheers for all red ribbon men
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  Speaker 4: and also those that is their friend. God will be
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  Speaker 4: with you to the end. He's ever on the right
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  Speaker 4: to do right, dare to do right. Let your motto
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  Speaker 4: ever be. Dare to do right. End of poem. This
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  Speaker 4: recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 10: Garry Munroe by Julia Amore read for librabox dot Org
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  Speaker 10: by Jane Green, Gary Munroe. Here Belle mahone. Once there
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  Speaker 10: was a lady fair with black eyes and curly hair.
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  Speaker 10: She has left this world of care. Sweet Carrie Monroe,
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  Speaker 10: Sweet Carrie Monroe, Dear Carrie Monroe and her friends will
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  Speaker 10: not forget Sweet Carry Monroe. Now those friends miss Carrie here,
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  Speaker 10: for she was loved both far and near. She has
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  Speaker 10: left them all in tears. Sweet Carry Monroe, Sweet Carry Monroe.
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  Speaker 10: Dear Carrie Monroe and her friends will not forget Sweet
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  Speaker 10: Carry Monroe. Carrie's age was twenty three, A married lady
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  Speaker 10: too wish she a mournful parting had to be from
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  Speaker 10: Carrie Monroe. Sweet Carry Monroe. Dear Carry Monroe and her
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  Speaker 10: friends will not forget Sweet Carry Monroe. It's just before
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  Speaker 10: her spirit fled. Her husband stood by her bed truth faithful.
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  Speaker 10: Bertie to me said, sweet Carry Monroe, Sweet Carry Monroe.
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  Speaker 10: Dear Carrie Monroe and her friends will not forget Sweet
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  Speaker 10: Carry Monroe. Sad will memory pass over that love form
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  Speaker 10: That is no Mora. She's waiting on the other shore.
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  Speaker 10: Love Carrie Monroe, Sweet Carry Monroe, Dear Carry Monroe and
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  Speaker 10: her friends will not forget Sweet Carry Monroe. End of poem.
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  Speaker 10: This recording is in the public domain. Little Minnie by
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  Speaker 10: Julia A. Moore read for Librivok's daughter by Janie Green,
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  Speaker 10: little Minnie Air in the cottage by the sea. Come
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  Speaker 10: listen to a painful story a mother is going to tell,
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  Speaker 10: for her heart is overflowing for that one she loves
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  Speaker 10: so well. It's of a little infit daughter, mild and lovely,
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  Speaker 10: bright and fair. She has left this world forever, left
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  Speaker 10: this world of grief and care. Alone, all alone in
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  Speaker 10: the graveyard, she is sleeping, that little one we love
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  Speaker 10: so well. God, Her little soul is keeping, for we
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  Speaker 10: do with all things well. Oh, how sadly we'll remember
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  Speaker 10: on a bright and pleasant day it was the very
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  Speaker 10: last of summer that her spirit fled away, fled from
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  Speaker 10: the earth, forever gone to dwell with him above, where
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  Speaker 10: little angels dwell together in his ever lasting love. Alone,
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  Speaker 10: all alone in the graveyard, she is sleeping, that little
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  Speaker 10: one we love so well. God, Her little soul is keeping,
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  Speaker 10: for he doeth all things well. Oh, we miss our
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  Speaker 10: little Minnie with blue eyes and flaxen hair. All we
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  Speaker 10: loved our little Minnie, and we miss her everywhere. Yes,
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  Speaker 10: we miss her at the table every morning, noon and night,
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  Speaker 10: or she sat with us together, for she was our
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  Speaker 10: heart's delight. Alone, all alone in the graveyard. She is sleeping,
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  Speaker 10: that little one we love so well. God, her little
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  Speaker 10: soul is keeping, for he doeth all things well. On
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  Speaker 10: the twenty fifth of August eighteen hundred and seventy three, God,
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  Speaker 10: he called her then to leave us, and a parting
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  Speaker 10: had to be. The day it was declining, the sun
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  Speaker 10: was down behind the trees. Little Minnie was dying. Her
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  Speaker 10: little soul it had to leave, alone, all alone in
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  Speaker 10: the graveyard. She is sleeping, that little one we love
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  Speaker 10: so well. God, Her little soul is keeping, for he
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  Speaker 10: doeth all things well. Left this world of earthly trouble,
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  Speaker 10: and her friends that loved her, dear father, mother, sister, brother,
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  Speaker 10: Her place with them is vacant here. Her little soul
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  Speaker 10: is at rest forever in our Father's heavenly home. Her
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  Speaker 10: little form is sweetly sleeping in the cold and silent tomb, alone,
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  Speaker 10: all alone in the graveyard. She is sleeping, that little
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  Speaker 10: one we love so well. God, Her little soul is keeping,
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  Speaker 10: for He do with all things well. Oh, she was
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  Speaker 10: our eldest daughter. She was handsome to behold. Every one
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  Speaker 10: that knew her loved her, and her age was four
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  Speaker 10: years old, and we miss her. Merry laughter, through the
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  Speaker 10: house she used to roam. That little one will not
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  Speaker 10: forget her in our dear and loving home. Alone, all
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  Speaker 10: alone in the graveyard, she is sleeping, that little one
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  Speaker 10: we love so well. God, her little soul is keeping,
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  Speaker 10: for he do with all things well. Oh, how oft
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  Speaker 10: times we have kissed her and caressed her little form.
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  Speaker 10: God of Heaven knows we loved her from the day
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  Speaker 10: that she was born. On a day of independence eighteen
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  Speaker 10: hundred and sixty nine, thought he gave to us a
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  Speaker 10: present of that little girl, so fine. Alone, all alone
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  Speaker 10: in the graveyard, she is sleeping, that little one we
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  Speaker 10: love so well. God, Her little soul is keeping, for
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  Speaker 10: we do with all things well. End of poem. This
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  Speaker 10: recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 7: Centennial Celebration by Julia A. Moore redfilibrevox dot org by
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  Speaker 7: Allan Mapstone. In the year eighteen seventy six, a fourth
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  Speaker 7: of July's celebration was held in Grand Rapids City in
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  Speaker 7: honor of our nation, the largest city in the County
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  Speaker 7: of Kent. In this city and it is respected for
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  Speaker 7: thousands of people were here to see the beautiful arch erected.
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  Speaker 7: The centennial Arch on Campo Place was the most principal feature.
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  Speaker 7: It was a grand, beautiful site to all human sensitive creatures,
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  Speaker 7: to all the people that loved to read the mottoes
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  Speaker 7: on it. Painted the engravings too, and tell what each
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  Speaker 7: one represented. The paintings and the mottoes on the arch
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  Speaker 7: was viewed by many people. It was Colonel Joseph Penny's design,
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  Speaker 7: and his work could not be equalled. Mister C. H.
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  Speaker 7: Gifford was architect. He formed the noble structure, a memento
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  Speaker 7: to the centennial year, a pride of our nation's culture.
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  Speaker 7: A cabin was built too. I believe that nicely represented
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  Speaker 7: one that the traders built years ago. This was the
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  Speaker 7: only one invented. Ten thousand people respected it, this token
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  Speaker 7: of early years with pay. The honor of this little
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  Speaker 7: hut was due to mister Godfloyd the Stars and Stripes
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  Speaker 7: was honored too, for from a thousand windows waving that
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  Speaker 7: dear old flag, red white and blue that's loved throughout
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  Speaker 7: our nation. That same flag for one hundred years has
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  Speaker 7: waved over our nation. May God let it forever wave
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  Speaker 7: over our union. Celebration the people in the city, friends,
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  Speaker 7: was an honor to our nation, for they all joined
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  Speaker 7: heart and hand in our union celebration. Some gave money,
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  Speaker 7: others labor to maintain what was intended. It was a success.
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  Speaker 7: Some people said, who here that day attended that day
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  Speaker 7: will never be forgot by the people of Kent County.
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  Speaker 7: God bless the people who joined that day in the
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  Speaker 7: honor of our country. The people in the city, friends
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  Speaker 7: dearly loved this nation, for they save no time more
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  Speaker 7: expense in our centennial celebration. End of poem. This recording
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  Speaker 7: is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 11: Maryatt Myers by Julia A. Moore, read for LibriVox dot
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  Speaker 11: Org by Anita Hibbert. Maryatt Myers, heir Lily of the West.
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  Speaker 11: Come all, you sympathizing friends, wherever you may be. I
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  Speaker 11: pray you pay attention and listen on to me, for
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  Speaker 11: it's of a fair young lady. She died, she went
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  Speaker 11: to rest. She was called Handsome Marriott, the Lily of
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  Speaker 11: the West. Her name was maryatt Myers, and her age
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  Speaker 11: I do not know. Her cheeks were read as roses,
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  Speaker 11: her eyes were black as sloes. She was loved by
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  Speaker 11: all surrounding friends, and some that loved her best. They
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  Speaker 11: called her Handsome Marriot, the Lily of the West. She
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  Speaker 11: was a fair young damsel as ever you wished to see.
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  Speaker 11: And in the circle of her friends. They miss her company,
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  Speaker 11: they missed the merry laughter of that loved one. Gone
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  Speaker 11: to rest. They called her handsome Marriot, the Lily of
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  Speaker 11: the West. She was before the looking glass, poor girl,
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  Speaker 11: her hair to comb. She was taken blind, she nearly fell.
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  Speaker 11: She only gave a moan her friends. They caught her
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  Speaker 11: in their arms and laid her down to rest. She
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  Speaker 11: was the handsome Marriot, the Lily of the West. She
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  Speaker 11: was away from home, and her mother dear had come
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  Speaker 11: to see her darling daughter, her dear loving one. She
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  Speaker 11: left true life, a lover with the rest that loved
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  Speaker 11: this handsome Marriot, the Lily of the West. She was
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  Speaker 11: buried on her wedding day. These words a friend gave her.
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  Speaker 11: Lover went as a mourner, a mourner to her grave.
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  Speaker 11: His name was Forrest Dilley, a young man over west.
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  Speaker 11: He loved this handsome Marriot, the Lily of the West.
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  Speaker 11: End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 4: The Dear Old Flag by Julia A. Moore read four
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  Speaker 4: LibriVox dot Org by Bruska Chuck. Oh we love that
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  Speaker 4: dear old flag that her forefathers gave over one hundred
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  Speaker 4: years ago. Boys, they once stood under that dear flag,
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  Speaker 4: but now they are in their graves, sleeping their everlasting sleep. Boys,
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  Speaker 4: the Union forever. Whorrah, boys, hur rah, Down with the traitors,
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  Speaker 4: up with the stars, for we love that dear old
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  Speaker 4: flag that our fathers fought to save when they were
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  Speaker 4: fighting for our freedom. We will rally around its standard
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  Speaker 4: every Fourth day of July, for we dearly love our nation.
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  Speaker 4: We love to see the stars and stripes of waving
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  Speaker 4: up on high over our Union celebration. The Union forever. Hoorrah, boys, hurrah,
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  Speaker 4: Down with the traitors, up with the stars, for we
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  Speaker 4: love that dear old flag that our fathers fought to
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  Speaker 4: save when they were fighting for our freedom. Three cheers
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  Speaker 4: for the Union and the Red, white and Blue and
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  Speaker 4: our forefathers that formed the Constitution. May the flag forever
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  Speaker 4: wave o'er our native land so true. May God protect
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  Speaker 4: our flag and nation, the Union forever. Hoorah, boys, hohurrah,
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  Speaker 4: Down with the traitors, up with the stars, for we
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  Speaker 4: love that dear old flag that our fathers fought to
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  Speaker 4: save when they were fighting for our freedom. End of poem.
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  Speaker 4: This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 12: Libby Prison by Julia A. Moore red for LibriVox dot
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  Speaker 12: Org by Jim Hedrick Air. The soldier's orphan boy down south,
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  Speaker 12: the Libby Prison stood the rebel's filthy den ReBs in battle.
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  Speaker 12: Prisoners took, of course, our union men and our brave boys,
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  Speaker 12: hearty and hail to prison, had to go, and few
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  Speaker 12: have lived to tell the tale of misery and woe.
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  Speaker 12: This prison was a horrid place. Many brave boys died
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  Speaker 12: there in rags and filth and wretchedness. They died for
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  Speaker 12: want of care. Many a brave and noble man, as
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  Speaker 12: he lay sick and sore, was thinking of his friends
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  Speaker 12: and home he never would see more. Father's brother's, young
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  Speaker 12: husband's deer went through that prison door. Some lived to
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  Speaker 12: return home we hear, and others are no more. Many
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  Speaker 12: a noble soldier died in Libby Prison. Cell and comrades
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  Speaker 12: perished side by side, As many a man can tell,
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  Speaker 12: No loving hand was near a couch to bathe an
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  Speaker 12: aching head, No loving friend to watch the hours or
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  Speaker 12: soothe their dying bed, no friend to wipe the volunteers
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  Speaker 12: from off the dewey face, No loving kindred was there
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  Speaker 12: near to mark their resting place. End of poem. This
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  Speaker 12: recording is in the public domain. Hattie House by Julia A.
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  Speaker 12: Moore read for libravox dot Org by Jim Hedrick Air
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  Speaker 12: Lily Dale. Come all kind friends, wherever you may be,
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  Speaker 12: come listen to what I say. It's a little girl
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  Speaker 12: that was pleasant to see, And she died while outdoors
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  Speaker 12: at play. Oh Hattie, dear Hattie, sweet little hatty house,
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  Speaker 12: May the flowers ever bloom o'er the little tomb of
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  Speaker 12: our loved one hatty House. She had blue eyes and
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  Speaker 12: light flaxen hair. Her little heart was light and gay.
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  Speaker 12: She said to her mother that morning, fair mother, can
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  Speaker 12: I go out and play? Oh Hattie, dear Hattie, sweet
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  Speaker 12: little hatty house. May the flowers ever bloom o'er the
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  Speaker 12: little tomb of our loved one hatty house. Her mother
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  Speaker 12: tied her bonnet on, not thinking it would be the
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  Speaker 12: last she would ever see her dear little one in
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  Speaker 12: this world, little hatty House, Oh Hattie, dear Hattie, sweet
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  Speaker 12: little hatty House, May the flowers ever bloom o'er the
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  Speaker 12: little tomb of our loved one hatty House. She left
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  Speaker 12: the house, this dear little girl. On that bright and
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  Speaker 12: pleasant day, she went to play with two little girls
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  Speaker 12: that were near about her age. Oh Hattie, dear Hattie,
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  Speaker 12: sweet little Hatty House, May the flowers ever bloom o'er
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  Speaker 12: the little tomb of our loved one Hatty House. She
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  Speaker 12: was not gone but a little while when they heard
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  Speaker 12: her playmate's call. Her friends hastened there to save the child,
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  Speaker 12: alas she was dead and gone. Oh Hattie dear Hatty,
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  Speaker 12: sweet little Hatty House, May the flowers ever bloom o'er
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  Speaker 12: the little tomb of our loved one Hatty House. Those
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  Speaker 12: little girls will not forget the day little Hattie died,
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  Speaker 12: for she was with them when she fell in a
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  Speaker 12: fit while playing by their side. Oh Hattie, dear Hattie,
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  Speaker 12: sweet little Hattie House, May the flowers ever bloom o'er
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  Speaker 12: the little tomb of our loved one Hatty House. She
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  Speaker 12: was her parents only child, and her age was near
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  Speaker 12: six years. And now she has left them for a while,
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  Speaker 12: left all her friends in tears. Oh Hattie, dear Hattie,
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  Speaker 12: sweet little Hatty House, May the flowers ever bloom o'er
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  Speaker 12: the little tomb of our loved one Hatty House. She
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  Speaker 12: has left this world of grief and woe. Dear friends
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  Speaker 12: she has left behind. She is waiting on the other
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  Speaker 12: shore to meet them. By and by, Oh Hattie, dear Hattie,
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  Speaker 12: sweet little Hatty House. May the flowers ever bloom o'er
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  Speaker 12: the little tomb of our loved one Hatty House. One
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  Speaker 12: fine morning, the fifth of July, the summer flowers were
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  Speaker 12: in bloom eighteen seventy one, Little Hattie dyed and is
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  Speaker 12: sleeping in her tomb. Oh Hattie, dear Hattie, sweet little
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  Speaker 12: Hattie House. May the flowers ever bloom o'er the little
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  Speaker 12: tomb of our loved one Hattie House. End of poem.
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  Speaker 12: This recording is in the public domain. Little Susan by
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  Speaker 12: Julia A. Moore read for LibriVox dot Org by Jim
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  Speaker 12: Hedrick Air, the Pride of Caldair. Once there was a
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  Speaker 12: little girl, and her friends loved her dear. Her parents
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  Speaker 12: loved their little one. She did their heart's cheer. They
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  Speaker 12: loved their little darling, and with them she did rome.
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  Speaker 12: They called her Little Susan, the pride of their home.
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  Speaker 12: Blue eyes had Little Susan and light flaxen, and she
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  Speaker 12: was a pleasant child to see. So beautiful and fair
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  Speaker 12: with her parents. She will never more on earth with
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  Speaker 12: them Rome. They loved their little Susan, the pride of
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  Speaker 12: their home. Her parents had more children. There were nine
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  Speaker 12: of them all. There are eight of them living for God.
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  Speaker 12: But one called the flower of their family. God called
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  Speaker 12: to his home. It was their little Susan, the pride
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  Speaker 12: of their home. Her friends will not forget her, though
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  Speaker 12: she died years ago. It was John H. Moore's daughter.
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  Speaker 12: Her age was four years old. She is waiting in heaven,
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  Speaker 12: waiting for her friends to come and be with their
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  Speaker 12: little Susan, the pride of their home. End of poem.
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  Speaker 12: This recording is in the public domain. Young Henry by
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  Speaker 12: Julia A. Moore, read for LibriVox dot Org by Jim Hedrick,
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  Speaker 12: Heir drummer Boy of Waterloo. Young Henry was as faithful
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  Speaker 12: boy as ever stood on American soil, and he did
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  Speaker 12: enlist without a doubt when the rebellion was broke out.
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  Speaker 12: He was his parent's only son and only child. He
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  Speaker 12: was but one that was a girl aged seventeen. Henry
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  Speaker 12: called her his May Queen. Young Henry said, dear sister May,
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  Speaker 12: what do you think my friends will say for now
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  Speaker 12: my name is on the roll, and I down south
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  Speaker 12: will have to go. I hear my country's call, said he,
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  Speaker 12: for all her sons of liberty, and I forever will
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  Speaker 12: prove true to that dear old flag, red, white and blue.
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  Speaker 12: I love my father and mother. Dear I leave if
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  Speaker 12: you may, to their heart's cheer. When I am gone, pray,
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  Speaker 12: do not mourn if I should never return home. His
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  Speaker 12: sister then to him, did say, my only brother, blithe
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  Speaker 12: and gay, Our country calls calls from afar. May God
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  Speaker 12: protect you through the war. Their father, hearing all was said,
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  Speaker 12: it made his noble heart grow sad. My children, I
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  Speaker 12: love both of you, and yet I love my country too,
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  Speaker 12: My son, if I was young again, I never could
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  Speaker 12: at home remain and see my native land now free,
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  Speaker 12: dissolved and made in slavery. Young Henry left his father's
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  Speaker 12: home and left his friends for him to mourn. A
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  Speaker 12: captain of a little band, he marched away from Michigan
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  Speaker 12: in the Battle of Fredericksburgh. Above the battle, roar was heard,
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  Speaker 12: fight on, fight on, brave boys. He cried, I am
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  Speaker 12: shot and wounded and must die. They placed his head
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  Speaker 12: upon the grass so he could see his brave boys
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  Speaker 12: pass go tell my father Henry's slain. To keep him
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  Speaker 12: from the rebel's chain, they dug his grave beneath that spot.
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  Speaker 12: They wrapped him in his soldier's coat, and while the
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  Speaker 12: battle drums they heard, they laid him low at Fredericksburg.
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  Speaker 12: End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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  Speaker 12: Ash Tibulah Disaster by Julia A. Moore read for LibriVox
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  Speaker 12: dot Org by Jim Hendrick Air. Gently down the stream
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  Speaker 12: of time, have you heard of the dreadful fate of
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  Speaker 12: mister P. P. Bliss? Of their death I will relate?
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  Speaker 12: And also others lost their life Ashtabulabridge disaster, where so
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  Speaker 12: many people died without a thought that destruction would plunge
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  Speaker 12: them neath the wheel of tide swiftly pasted the engine's call,
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  Speaker 12: hastening souls on to death, warning not one of them all.
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  Speaker 12: It brought despair right and left among the ruins our
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  Speaker 12: many friends crushed to death amidst the roar. On one thread,
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  Speaker 12: all may depend and hope they've reached the other shore. P. P.
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  Speaker 12: Bliss showed great devotion to his faithful wife, his pride
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  Speaker 12: when he saw that she must perish he died a
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  Speaker 12: martyr by her side. Swiftly passed the engine's call, hastening
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  Speaker 12: souls on to death, warning not one of them all.
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  Speaker 12: It brought despair right and left. P. P. Bliss went
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  Speaker 12: home above, left all friends, earth and fame to rest
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  Speaker 12: in God's holy love. Left on earth his work and name.
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  Speaker 12: The people love his work by numbers. It is read
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  Speaker 12: by great and small. He by it will be remembered.
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  Speaker 12: He has left it for us. All swiftly past the
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  Speaker 12: engine's call, hastening souls on to death, warning not one
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  Speaker 12: of them all. It brought despair right and left. His
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  Speaker 12: good name, from time to time will rise on land
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  Speaker 12: and sea. It is known in distant climes. Let it
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  Speaker 12: echo wide and free. One good man among the number
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  Speaker 12: found sweet rest in a short time. His weary soul
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  Speaker 12: may sweetly slumber within the veil heaven sublime. Swiftly past
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  Speaker 12: the engine's call, hastening souls on to death, warning not
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  Speaker 12: one of them all. It brought despair right and left.
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  Speaker 12: Destruction lay on every side, confusion, fire and despair, no help,
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  Speaker 12: no hope. So they died. Two hundred people over there.
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  Speaker 12: Many ties was there broken, Many a heart was filled
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  Speaker 12: with pain. Each one left a little token for above
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  Speaker 12: they live again. Swiftly pasted the engine's call, hastening souls
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  Speaker 12: on to death, warning not one of them all. It
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  Speaker 12: brought despair right and left. End of poem. This recording
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  Speaker 12: is in the public domain. End of the Sentimental song
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  Speaker 12: Book by Julia A. Moore.