Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . THE SWIFT SURE STAGE, STARTS FKOM THE GREEN S^^^^^ THEE 124 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS. THE OLD VIRGINIA REEL. Very sweet and very merry, very faint and f^^r away,Now I hear the ancient fiddlers on the strings begin to play,Keeping time with swaying bodies and a kind of whispered croonTill a host of dainty slippers follow to the dear old tune. Ah, the instruments are shattered and the strings are snapped in twain, And the fiddlers h
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . THE SWIFT SURE STAGE, STARTS FKOM THE GREEN S^^^^^ THEE 124 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS. THE OLD VIRGINIA REEL. Very sweet and very merry, very faint and f^^r away,Now I hear the ancient fiddlers on the strings begin to play,Keeping time with swaying bodies and a kind of whispered croonTill a host of dainty slippers follow to the dear old tune. Ah, the instruments are shattered and the strings are snapped in twain, And the fiddlers have forgotten and will never play again ! Twas the creaking of the branches on the shingles to and fro That recalled to me the music and the mirth of long ago. But above the stars eternal in their faded pinks and blues, With the powder on their ringlets, and the buckles on their shoes I shall see the beaux and sweethearts in a long procession kneel And their harps will play the music of an old Virginia reel. Minnie Irving. SOME Old Historic Landmarks OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND, DESCRIBED IN A HAND-BOOK FOR THE TOURIST OVER THE Washington, Alexandria and Mount VernonElectric Railway, BY W. H. SNOWDEN, A. M. OF ANDALUSIA, VA. MEMBER OF THE VIRGINI
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