Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 0 Efl 4- aId o ^^ M ^3 3 u5 u^ ^5 Corkhill and the AY, BOB—REMEMBER Jerry the Fiddlerin the old Corkhill days, when he ustaplay the Connukmans Rambles and theDevils Dream for the shindigs on Cork-hill and the Patch—how he made moremusic with the foot than with the fid? I dont spose you remember JerrysBridge on Rock Island street, from Tenthto Eleventh, neither—and how the oldmoon shimmered on the crisp snow on awinters evenin, and winked when youlooked down Doogans Rawveen?Dont remember when Yankee Robinsons one-ring cir-cus
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 0 Efl 4- aId o ^^ M ^3 3 u5 u^ ^5 Corkhill and the AY, BOB—REMEMBER Jerry the Fiddlerin the old Corkhill days, when he ustaplay the Connukmans Rambles and theDevils Dream for the shindigs on Cork-hill and the Patch—how he made moremusic with the foot than with the fid? I dont spose you remember JerrysBridge on Rock Island street, from Tenthto Eleventh, neither—and how the oldmoon shimmered on the crisp snow on awinters evenin, and winked when youlooked down Doogans Rawveen?Dont remember when Yankee Robinsons one-ring cir-cus showed on the Patch, and how the old clown sung PullinHard Against the Stream? In this world Ive gained my knowledge. And for it Ive had to pay,Though I never went to college, Still Ive heard the poet say: , Life is like a mighty river, , Runnin on from day to day,Men are vessels cast upon it, Sometimes wrecked and cast away. Then do your best for one another, Makin* life a pleasant dream,Help a v\rorn and w^eary brother Pullin hard against the stream. Say, boy—that was some singin! Nor you haint got no re
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