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I WISH YOU HEALTH, I WISH YOU WEALTH,
I WISH YOU GOLD IN STORE
I WISH YOU HEAVEN AFTER DEATH
WHAT COULD I WISH YOU MORE.
(SIGNED) M. MILLER CA. 1885
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
MAY YOUR CHEEKS RETAIN THEIR DIMPLES
AND YOUR SMILE BE JUST AS GAY.
TILL SOME MANLY VOICE SHALL WHISPER
DEAR CLARA, NAME THE DAY.
(SIGNED) MATTIE STOCK, 1884, AUGUST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
THERE IS A SMILE FOR EVERY SIGH
FOR EVERY WOUND A BALM
A JOY FOR EVERY MOISTENED EYE
FOR EVERY STORM A CALM.
EACH SIGH IS SENT A SMILE TO LIGHT
EACH WOUND IN MERCY GIVEN
EACH TEAR FILLED EYE WILL YET BE BRIGHT
EACH STORM SUBSIDE IN HEAVEN
(SIGNED) ANNA BECKMAN, JAN. 7, 1884
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
MAY YOU LEAD A USEFUL
AS WELL AS A HAPPY LIFE,
AND LIVE EVER BLESSED
WITHOUT STRIFE
(SIGNED) YOUR BROTHER HENRY (1885 CA.)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
LIFE IS A VOLUME,
FROM YOUTH TO OLD AGE
EACH YEAR FORMS A CHAPTER
EACH DAY A PAGE
MAY NONE BE MORE CHARMING
MORE WOMANLY TRUE
THAN THAT, PURE AND NOBLE
SKETCHED YEAR BY YOU.
(SIGNED) HELEN FRANCIS, JULY 2, 1883
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
MAY YOU ALWAYS BE RESPECTED
WHEREEVER YOU GO
AND AT LAST BE SELECTED
BY A HANDSOME YOUNG BEAU
(SIGNED) CHARLES J. MATHES, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00001800S
HEARTS, LIKE DOORS, OPEN WITH EASE
TO VERY, VERY LITTLE KEYS.
AND DON'T FORGET THAT THEY ARE THESE
I THANK YOU, SIR, AND IF YOU PLEASE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00001880S
THE WORK THAT IS SWEETEST AND DEAREST
THE WORK THAT SO MANY NE(E)R DO
THE GREAT WORK OF MAKING FOLKS HAPPY
MAY BE DONE BY A LASSIE LIEKE YOU.
(SIGNED) T. A. MORROW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00001880S
CALIFORNIA GROWS PEACHES
FLORIDA DOES TOO,
BUT IT TAKES OHIO
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED
AND HAVE 1 - 2 - 3
NAME THE PRETTIEST AFTER ME!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND LIVE ON A FARM,
SEND ME A PICKLE AS LONG AS YOUR ARM.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
WHEN DISTANT HILLS DIVIDE US
AND YOU NO MORE I SEE
REMEMBER IT WAS NETTIE WHO
WROTE THESE LINES FOR THEE
(SIGNED) NETTIE KOEHLER, 10/26/1884
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00001880S
REMEMBER ME FAR AWAY
REMEMBER ME ON YOUR WEDDING DAY
REMEMBER ME FOR MERCY SAKE
AND SEND ME A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE.
(SIGNED) LENA KOEHLER, (APP. 1885)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00001880S
WHEN YOU ARE SITTING ALL ALONE
REFLECTING ON THE PAST
REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE A FRIEND
WHOSE FRIENDSHIP LONG WILL LAST
AND IF AFAR FROM HOME TO ROVE
SHOULD BE THY DREAR DECREE
THINK ON THE FRIENDS WHOM THOU DIDST LOVE
AND THEN REMEMBER ME.
(SIGNED) MARY WALLEN, WHEELING, W. VA.
ABSENT BUT NOT FORGOTTON
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; WEST VIRGINIA ; WHEELING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00001880S
WHEN YOU SIT IDLE THINKING
AND YOUR DAY'S WORK IS DONE
AND THE GAS LIGHT KEEPS YOU WINKING
THINK OF ME JUST FOR FUN.
(SIGNED) A. MATHES, DETROIT, 7/19/1887
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
REMEMBER GRANT, REMEMBER LEE,
TO HELL WITH THE OTHERS, REMEMBER ME!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
AS SHIPS GO SAILING OVER THE SEA
SO SHALL I SEND MY LOVE TO THEE.
(SIGNED) S. M.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00001800S
SOME LOVE ONE AND SOME LOVE TWO,
I LOVE ONE AND THAT IS YOU.
(SIGNED) CLAIRIE STOCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00001800S
REMEMBER THE BEER,
REMEMBER THE ALE,
REMEMBER THE TIME WE SPENT IN JAIL.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
IN YOUR BREADBOX OF MEMORIES,
DON'T REGARD ME AS A CRUMB.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-27-1968