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The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley

in ten volumes

Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916)

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THE EDGE OF THE WIND

THE HIRED MAN'S FAITH IN CHILDREN

THE LOVELY HUSBAND

THREE SEVERAL BIRDS

AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING

TO EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN

WHEN WE FIRST PLAYED “SHOW”

WILLIAM PINKNEY FISHBACK

JOHN CLARK RIDPATH

HIS HEART OF CONSTANT YOUTH

THE PATHS OF PEACE

THE TRIBUTE OF HIS HOME

EVEN AS A CHILD

THE HOOSIER IN EXILE

THE QUEST OF THE FATHERS

NEW YEAR'S NURSERY JINGLE

A GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT

BILLY AND HIS DRUM

A DIVERTED TRAGEDY

THOMAS THE PRETENDER

A CHRISTMAS GLEE

HIS PA'S ROMANCE

TO JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN

FIND THE FAVORITE

THE BOY PATRIOT

INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS

A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS

LITTLE DICK AND THE CLOCK

THE NOBLE OLD ELM

AN IMPROMPTU FAIRY-TALE

THE LITTLE LADY

“COMPANY MANNERS”

THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE

“HIK-TEE-DIK”

“OLD BOB WHITE”

A SESSION WITH UNCLE SIDNEY

A SONG OF SINGING

SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGERS

CLIMATIC SORCERY

THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN

OLD GRANNY DUSK

THE YOUNG OLD MAN

SOME CHRISTMAS YOUNGSTERS

TWILIGHT STORIES

“GO READ YOUR BOOK!”

WHEN UNCLE DOC WAS YOUNG

A SIMPLE RECIPE

HER LONESOMENESS

ALMOST BEYOND ENDURANCE

THE TOY-BALLOON

TO A POET ON HIS MARRIAGE

THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA

PROSE OR VERSE?

BILLY MILLER'S CIRCUS-SHOW

CHRISTMAS SEASON

THE CHILDREN OF THE CHILDLESS

HOOSIER SPRING-POETRY

THE VOICE OF PEACE

A DEFECTIVE SANTA CLAUS

WHAT LITTLE SAUL GOT, CHRISTMAS

GENERAL LEW WALLACE

ON READING DR. HENRY VAN DYKE'S VOLUME OF POEMS—MUSIC

HER SMILE OF CHEER AND VOICE OF SONG

TO BLISS CARMAN

A SONG O' CHEER

CHILD'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

I' GOT TO FACE MOTHER TO-DAY!

NAME US NO NAMES NO MORE

LINCOLN—THE BOY

NICHOLAS OBERTING

A SPRING SONG AND A LATER

WITH A CHILD-BOOK

A PARTING GUEST

“OUT OF REACH”

SOME IMITATIONS

A HOOSIER CALENDAR

THE LITTLE WOMAN

YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER

WE MUST BELIEVE

THE HIRED MAN'S DOG-STORY

HER POET-BROTHER

GRAMPA'S CHOICE

A LITTLE LAME BOY'S VIEWS

A VERY TALL BOY

THE RAGGEDY MAN ON CHILDREN

'LIZABUTH-ANN ON BAKIN'-DAY

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PLANTATION HYMN

Hear dat rum'lin' in de sky!
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!
O, dat's de good Lord walkin' by,
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!

CHORUS

Mahster! Jesus!
You done come down to please us,
And dahs de good Lord sees us,
As he goes walkin' by!

See dat lightnin' lick his tongue?
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!
'Spec he taste de song 'ut de angels sung—
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!

De big black clouds is bust in two,
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!
And dahs de 'postles peekin' frue,
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!

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Know dem angels ev'ry one,
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!
Kase dey's got wings and we'se got none,
Hol' fas', brudders, till you git dah!

CHORUS

Mahster! Jesus!
You done come down to please us,
And dahs de good Lord sees us,
As he goes walkin' by!