Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . anaries that boarded in Rookss pondhad fine baritone voices, and on moonlight nights you couldhear em chantin in mournful chorus down to Schuetzen swimmin hole under the oak trees in Farnam streetwoods was the cushiest place, but it was risky for outsidekids to take a chance swimmin there unless they stood inwith the Corkhill gang, them guys takin full charge of allthat territory after they chased the injuns out. The best swimmin hole was in Bakers cow pasture, westof Brady at Duck creek. There wasnt nobody there to chaseyo
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . anaries that boarded in Rookss pondhad fine baritone voices, and on moonlight nights you couldhear em chantin in mournful chorus down to Schuetzen swimmin hole under the oak trees in Farnam streetwoods was the cushiest place, but it was risky for outsidekids to take a chance swimmin there unless they stood inwith the Corkhill gang, them guys takin full charge of allthat territory after they chased the injuns out. The best swimmin hole was in Bakers cow pasture, westof Brady at Duck creek. There wasnt nobody there to chaseyoungsters just when the fun was gettin good, but sometimesthey hadta stay in all afternoon, cause theyd get splatteredwith mud and havta jump in again and wash off, unless thegang agreed to let em out. Of course, it was different when lunch time came, whentheyd build a fire to bake potatoes or roast corn on hot coals,or fry a yaller-bellied mudcat if fishin was good, or boileggs in a tomato can. Didnt make no difference if ashes 33 THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS. Old High School at Sixth and Main.
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