. Book of the Royal blue . s overheadSeemed to quiver and to ringAs a high-keyed fiddle string. Now and then the air was riven With a shout td wake the the fates had kindly given .Some fair girl an ear of would come the kissing struggle Mid the husks upon the which the girl would snuggle To him closer than to her finger ti|)sIVom the thrill upon her lips. How the jolly picture lingers With us through the fleeting the way the toil-siarred fingers Snatched the jackets from the ears;Of the flashing lanterns hanging Round, and easting flicker

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. Book of the Royal blue . s overheadSeemed to quiver and to ringAs a high-keyed fiddle string. Now and then the air was riven With a shout td wake the the fates had kindly given .Some fair girl an ear of would come the kissing struggle Mid the husks upon the which the girl would snuggle To him closer than to her finger ti|)sIVom the thrill upon her lips. How the jolly picture lingers With us through the fleeting the way the toil-siarred fingers Snatched the jackets from the ears;Of the flashing lanterns hanging Round, and easting flickers oerMerry dancers who were banging Dust from out the old barn floor,,\s the fiddler jerked his bowMusicalh to and fro. Kvery day I hear the singing Of some simple country of youth days ringing Through our nu> al)ode,.•d my loving glances wander To an aging wifely faceThat 1 learned to love back yonder In that far l,ast country place—Caught her with a red ear, see:.•\t a coimtrv huskin

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