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The Dime dialogues no. 19 : dialogues, colloquies, minor dramas and dress pieces for schools, exhibitions, homes, etc. serious, serio-comic and broadly humorous ; arranged for stage, platform and parlor, with the adjuncts of scenery, "furniture," costumes, etc., etc., simplified to any situation.
Contributor
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898), (printer).
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Book
Language
English
Publish Date
1877
Publisher
New York : Beadle and Adams
Series
Beadle's dime dialogues > no. 19
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Beadle's dime dialogues, no. nineteen Beadle's dime dialogues, no. 19 California uncle.
Topic
Popular literature > Specimens. Dime novels > Specimens. Dialogues, English.
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Daven.
FATHER.
Daven.
THE DIME DIALOGUES.
Tho pride of my heart was the mother yeu 0a,
Who equally labored for you and for me
And now it seems hard, as we're passing away,
That you, by your folly, should force us to Ray,
We'll have to mortgage the farm.
Now father and mother, you know you are old:
We must have some fun, and there’s no use to scold
It surely is better to be in the style,
Than look so peculiar that people must smile.
We must be attractive, in order to find
Admirers that fully come up to our mind.
You're always complaining about our display
It seems pretty certain that, do as we may,
We'll have to mortgage the farm.
It will not be long ’till our race will be run,
Our trials be past and our labors be done;
For here we have toiled, and may here be our grave,
Where dear ones repose and violets wave.
Oh, practice the precepts we taught you in youth,
Put on the adornment of meekness and tra\a:
The light of contentment will shine on our way,
And poverty never compel us to say .
We'll have to mortgage the farm,
Dear father, I see it as never before—/
What folly and selfishness hold in their store
Dll venture no more in fashion’s blind whirt,
But be once again your own dutifu. git],
And take sweet delight in labor that bears
Pleasure to parents to lighten their cares,
And in your old days be sure I shall be
The joy of a home unshadowed and free
For we never shall mertgage the farm!