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The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley

in ten volumes

Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916)

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“THEM OLD CHEERY WORDS”

A DUBIOUS “OLD KRISS”

YOUR HEIGHT IS OURS

“O LIFE! O BEYOND!”

OUR QUEER OLD WORLD

ON A YOUTHFUL PORTRAIT OF STEVENSON

RUBÁIYÁT OF DOC SIFERS

WHERE THE CHILDREN USED TO PLAY

MR. FOLEY'S CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS ALONG THE WIRES

TO THE BOY WITH A COUNTRY

SNOW IN THE AIR

THE NAME OF OLD GLORY

ONE WITH A SONG

CHRISTMAS AFTERTHOUGHT

THE CHRISTMAS LONG AGO

CLAUDE MATTHEWS

THE SERMON OF THE ROSE

THE ONWARD TRAIL

HER WAITING FACE

A SONG OF THE ROAD

A HUMBLE SINGER

THE NOBLEST SERVICE

OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE

LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS

THE PENALTY OF GENIUS

A PARENT REPRIMANDED

IN FERVENT PRAISE OF PICNICS

THE HOME-VOYAGE

TO THE QUIET OBSERVER

PROEM TO “HOME-FOLKS”

OUR BOYHOOD HAUNTS

UNCLE SIDNEY'S LOGIC

HIS LOVE OF HOME

TO “UNCLE REMUS”

THE BALLADE OF THE COMING RAIN

A WHOLLY UNSCHOLASTIC OPINION

A SHORT'NIN' BREAD SONG—PIECED OUT

MOONSHINER'S SERENADE

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HOME AGAIN

I'm bin a-visitun 'bout a week
To my little Cousin's at Nameless Creek;
An' I'm got the hives an' a new straw hat,
An' I'm come back home where my beau lives at.