Riley farm-rhymes . ,-«gf- -^^. ^?^ OLD OCTOBER OLD Octobers port nigh gone,And the frosts is comin onLittle hcazicr ever_v cla)-—Like our hearts is thatawa}-!Leaves is cliangin overheadBack from green to gray and red,Brown and 3ener, with their stemsLoosenin on the oaks and ems;And tlie balance of the treesGittin Ijalder every Ijreeze—Like the heads were scratchin on !Old Octobers purt nigh OLD OCTOBER I love Old October so,I cant bear to see her go—-Seems to me like losin someOld-home relative er chum—Tears like sorto settin b_ySome old friend at sigh by sighWas a-passin out o sight

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Riley farm-rhymes . ,-«gf- -^^. ^?^ OLD OCTOBER OLD Octobers port nigh gone,And the frosts is comin onLittle hcazicr ever_v cla)-—Like our hearts is thatawa}-!Leaves is cliangin overheadBack from green to gray and red,Brown and 3ener, with their stemsLoosenin on the oaks and ems;And tlie balance of the treesGittin Ijalder every Ijreeze—Like the heads were scratchin on !Old Octobers purt nigh OLD OCTOBER I love Old October so,I cant bear to see her go—-Seems to me like losin someOld-home relative er chum—Tears like sorto settin b_ySome old friend at sigh by sighWas a-passin out o sightInto everlastin night!Ilickernuts a feller hearsRattlin down is more like tearsDra])pin on the leaves below—I love Old October so ! Cant tell what it is aboutr)ld Octoljer knocks me out!—-I sleep well enough at night—•vXnd the blamedest appetiteEver mortal man possessed,—Last thing et, it tastes the best!—Warnuts, butternuts, pawpaws,lies and limbers up my jawsFer raal service, sich as newPork, spareribs,

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