Transcriber's note

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Oklahoma
Sunshine.

By Freeman E. Miller,

Author of "Oklahoma and other Poems,"
"Songs from the South-West
Country," etc.

Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The Advance Printing Company.
1905.

Copyright, 1905,
By
Freeman E. Miller.
All Rights Reserved.

The Gospel of Sunshine is the one Supreme Evangel, the Religion of Love is Mankind's most Universal Creed. They hold in their divine Baptisms the Winning of the Heart to Happiness, the Wooing of the Soul to Heaven.

The Author.

Beginning with June 9, 1904, there was a column of verse and prose published in "The Stillwater Advance" under the caption "Oklahoma Sunshine." These were written in the moments of a busy life, amid the crowding of sterner things, and many of them found a wide circulation in the fugitive publications of the day. So many persons have offered expressions of being pleased and helped by them that they are here presented in a more permanent form. The following comprise the year from June, 1904, to June, 1905.

CONTENTS.

VERSES.

PAGE
A Busy Family,[4]
A Blazing Future,[185]
A Contented Farmer,[19]
A Date With Joy,[265]
A Happy Farmer,[299]
A Jolly Good Game,[18]
A Little of Love,[6]
All Fool's Day,[249]
A Memory,[232]
A Modern Love Story,[276]
A New Year's Resolution,[174]
A Prayer,[29]
April 22, 1889-1905,[269]
A Song of Green Valleys,[30]
At Rest,[188]
A True Hero,[181]
At the End,[214]
At the Turning of the Lane,[289]
At the Twilight,[290]
At Valentine's Day,[204]
[A Valentine],[207]
A Welcome for Winter,[97]
Away from the Winter,[222]
Be Patient,[116]
Be Strong to Dare,[69]
Best of All,[39]
Better Hide Out,[129]
Better Hurray,[277]
Brighter than the Dreams,[286]
De Hant,[190]
Doing Pretty Well,[62]
Don't Fall out with Life,[220]
Don't Frown,[8]
Don't Grumble,[5]
Don't Trade with Trouble,[227]
Don't Worry or Fret, My Dearie,[40]
Don't You Fret,[61]
Don't You Grumble,[46]
Dreaming,[17]
Dreams,[1], [254],
Evil Prophets,[173]
Feelin' Fine,[71]
Fields of May,[305]
Finally,[167]
Finis,[312]
Fishing Time,[234]
For the New Year,[166]
Forgotten,[113]
Give Us More,[113]
Get in the Game,[15]
God Give Us Change,[87]
Good-bye, Dear Heart,[22]
Good-bye to Trouble,[158]
Good Morning,—Good Night,[216]
Hands Around, My Honey,[38]
He Voted "Graft",[182]
Hear the Song,[106]
Hope,[41]
Howdy, Mister Summer,[287]
If Love Abides,[277]
If Santa Claus Don't Come,[162]
In April Days,[260]
In Prayer,[65]
In Supplication,[57]
In the Lap of Spring,[300]
In the Light,[120]
In the Orchards of Spring,[252]
In the Shine,[138]
In Yearning Mood,[114]
Jist a-Wushin',[298]
Jog Along,[9]
Joy is Here,[184]
June Time,[21]
Just Be Patient,[223]
Kansas Has her Dander up,[217]
Keep Away from Trouble,[48]
Keep Busy,[212]
Keep in the Light,[229]
Keep them Alive,[145]
[Life],[168]
Life and Love,[228]
Life's Way,[208]
Loafing,[300]
Look out for Trouble,[198]
Love Brings the Song,[104]
Love's Dream,[74]
Minnows and Big Fish,[50]
[Mistah Cotton],[105]
Mister Blue Bird,[239]
Mister Cantaloupe,[13]
Mister Ground Hog,[195]
Move Along,[311]
My Heritage,[284]
My Philosophy,[2]
Never Mind the Hills,[182]
Never Worry,[142]
[Off the Reservation],[224]
On Behalf of the Minority,[201]
On the Road to Riches,[115]
Our Joe's at Home [Agin],[136]
Playing the Game,[280]
Pretty Good World,[83]
Quit Grieving,[293]
Rolling on to Glory,[219]
[Said, Governor Tom],[193]
Say Good-bye to Sorrow,[241]
See the [Side-Show],[102]
Shadow and Shine,[285]
Signs of Winter,[144]
Sing a Little,[172]
Sing a Song of Sunshine,[128]
Something Left,[184]
So Santa Claus'll Come,[148]
Stand Pat,[89]
Still Going,[288]
Still Onward,[312]
Sunny Side Out,[233]
Sunshine or Shadow,[253]
Teddy's on a Hunting Trip,[255]
Thanksgiving Hymn,[130]
Thank the Lord for Work,[127]
That New Year Resolution,[192]
The Baby's Hand,[244]
The Blossom Ways,[275]
The Books,[310]
The Bright Day,[81]
The Call of the Fiddle,[163]
The Call of the Master,[242]
The Candidate,[21]
The Charity Ball,[153]
The Christmas Fiddles,[146]
The Darky's Heaven,[49]
The Days,[235]
The Defeated,[102]
The Glorious Fourth,[25]
The Glory Train,[80]
The Gods and the Man-Child,[266]
The Good Times Song,[199]
The Greatest Gift,[165]
The Grip of the Prairies,[302]
The Harvest Time,[11]
The Journey,[306]
[The Legislative Pass],[186]
The Lights of Home,[124]
[The Little Boy Land],[66]
The Little Feet,[72]
The Lord is Good to Me,[110]
The Meadows of Morning,[304]
The Meal Ticket Man,[134]
The Negro's Warning,[37]
The Quest,[77], [285]
The Quest for Joy,[93]
There's No Use to Worry,[29]
[The Rim of the Circle],[278]
The Sage,[311]
The Santa Claus Boy,[154]
The Sunny Side,[212]
The Sunshine Song,[122]
The Sunshine Way,[140]
The Third House,[170]
The [Valleys] of Rest,[90]
The Weather Man's Mistakes,[56]
The Women and the Bill,[150]
The World All Right,[86]
Too Busy,[95]
To One Departed,[42]
To the Light,[118]
To the Lonesome Fiddle,[160]
To the Love Lands,[177]
To the World,[78]
Toss a Kiss to Care,[24]
Trudge Along,[180]
'Twill All Come Right,[157]
Uncle Joe and Statehood,[209]
Upward,[292]
Wait Awhile,[213]
We Sat and Talked of Other Days,[84]
What Shall it Matter, Dear,[34]
When Canderdates Git After Pa,[108]
When Mr. Money Comes to Town,[70]
When Pa Puts Up the Stove,[132]
When Teddy Squares the Deal,[264]
When the Bills Come Due,[26]
When the Birds Come Back,[236]
When the Campaign Liar Quits,[126]
When the Crow's Feet Come,[96]
When the Dollar Pounds the Door,[44]
When the 'Phone Bell Rings,[36]
When the Roas'in' Ears air Plenty,[58]
When the Sad Time Ends,[308]
When Trouble Came,[196]
When Trouble Comes, My Honey,[116]
Where Love Abides,[228]
Willie's Easter,[272]
With a Song,[189]
[Without Embarassment],[262]
You Sang to me, Dear,[296]

PROSE.

A Doubtful Voter,[112]
A Fine Job,[180]
A Happy Dream,[288]
A Hard Winter Ahead,[152]
A Hard World,[175]
An Incurable,[215]
Another Vintage,[112]
A Popular Preacher,[215]
A Quartette of Don'ts,[176]
Ate Boys Himself,[32]
A Troublesome Set,[5]
[Caught on the Fly],[3], [7], [16], [20], [25], [33], [35], [41], [48], [55], [63], [68], [71], [73], [81], [85],
[94], [98], [107], [111], [125], [128], [129], [137], [142], [156], [158], [169],
[179], [183], [188], [191], [194], [208], [211], [219], [226], [246], [248], [254],
[263], [268], [272], [283], [295], [297], [303].
Duly Thankful,[131]
Enough Heaven for Him,[47]
He has Lived in Vain,[239]
Hell and Heaven,[20]
His Platform,[133]
If we Were Wise,[168]
In the Best Society,[69]
In the Legislature,[200]
It Died Young,[176]
Its Principal Work,[207]
Life's Eternities,[234]
Little Sermons,[40], [51], [83], [104], [110], [119], [120], [121], [123], [143], [145],
[153], [159], [175], [181], [187], [191], [195], [206], [213], [227],
[233], [235], [246], [259], [261], [274], [281], [286], [287], [289],
[295].
Mighty [Lonesome],[128]
Nice Doctrine,[138]
Nobody Hurt,[199]
No Encouragement,[301]
No Room for Bankruptcy,[49]
Not Afraid,[185]
One Drawback,[144]
Play Ball,[171]
Plenty of Exercise,[52]
Providence Takes Care of his Own,[113]
Rainy Weather,[14]
Remembered by Santa Claus,[172]
Richly Deserved,[232]
Small Bills,[211]
Snake Bit,[309]
Sooner Sayings,[247], [248], [258], [259], [268], [275], [277], [288], [293], [299], [309].
The Frying Pan,[76]
The Ignorance of the Court,[92]
The Real Article,[53]
The Real Question,[139]
The Same Old Gifts,[164]
The Sooners,[88]
The Spirit of Compromise,[38]
The Kingbolt Philosopher,[4], [10], [12], [24], [28], [33], [37], [39], [45], [61], [64], [65], [68],
[82], [86], [99].
Too Much Prosperity,[159]
Voting Around,[103]
Wanted a Bill or Two,[197]
[Wanted to Hide],[121]
Well Prepared,[27]
Where Bill Was,[138]

"What Think Ye, Masters, of These Things?"