1902

TO THE HONORABLE
JOHN ANDREW PETERS, LL.D.
FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MAINE
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME
IN MEMORY OF MANY YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP
AND IN SINCERE APPRECIATION
OF THE JURIST AND WIT
WHO HAS IN ALL DIGNITY
EVER TURNED A SMILING FACE TOWARD HIS MAINE
THAT HAS SMILED LOVINGLY BACK AT HIM

CONTENTS

[ FOREWORD ]

[ PINE TREE BALLADS ]

[ OUR HOME FOLKS ]

[ FEEDIN’ THE STOCK ]

[ JOHN W. JONES ]

[ DEED OF THE OLD HOME PLACE ]

[ OUR HOME FOLKS ]

[ THANKSGIVIN’ JIM ]

[ “OLD POSH” ]

[ THE SUN-BROWNED DADS OF MAINE ]

[ “HEAVENLY CROWN” RICH ]

[ OLD “FIGGER-FOUR” ]

[ PHEBE AND ICHABOD ]

[ WHEN OUR HERO COMES TO MAINE ]

[ UNCLE TASCUS AND THE DEED ]

[ SONGS OF THE SEA AND SHORE ]

[ TALE OF A SHAG-EYED SHARK ]

[ THE GREAT JEEHOOKIBUS WHALE ]

[ “AS BESEEMETH MEN” ]

[ THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE REVIEW ]

[ THE BALLAD OF ORASMUS NUTE ]

[ THE DORYMAN’S SONG ]

[ WE FELLERS DIGGIN’ CLAMS ]

[ DAN’L AND DUNK ]

[ THE AWFUL WAH-HOOH-WOW ]

[ SKIPPER JASON ELLISON ]

[ BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP ]

[ THE RAPO-GENUS CHRISTMAS BALL ]

[ BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP ]

[ WHEN THE ALLEGASH DRIVE GOES THROUGH ]

[ THE KNIGHT OF THE SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS ]

[ ’BOARD FOR THE ALLEGASH” ]

[ THE WANGAN CAMP ]

[ PLUG TOBACCO AT SOURDNAHUNK ]

[ O’CONNOR FROM THE DRIVE ]

[ JUST HUMAN NATURE ]

[ BALLAD OF OZY B. ORR ]

[ THE BALLAD OF “OLD SCRATCH” ]

[ WHEN ’LISH PLAYED OX ]

[ OLD “TEN PER CENT” ]

[ DIDN’T BUST HIS FORK ]

[ MEAN SAM GREEN ]

[ DICKERER JIM ]

[ BALLAD OF BENJAMIN BRANN ]

[ THE HEIRS ]

[ A. B. APPLETON, “PIRUT” ]

[ NEXT TO THE HEART ]

[ WITH LOVE—FROM MOTHER ]

[ THE QUAKER WEDDING ]

[ THE MADAWASKA WOOING ]

[ THE SONG OF THE MAN WHO DRIVES ]

[ THE OLD PEWTER PITCHER ]

[ OUR GOOD PREVARICATORS ]

[ OUR LIARS HERE IN MAINE ]

[ THE BALLAD OF DOC PLUFF ]

[ THE BALLAD OF HUNNEMAN TWO ]

[ ORADUDOLPH MOODY, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT ]

[ TRIBUTE TO MR. ATKINS’S BASS VOICE ]

[ JIM’S TRANSLATION ]

[ ELIPHALET JONES—INVENTOR ]

[ THE PANTS JEMIMY MADE ]

[ BALLADS OF “CAPERS AND ACTIONS” ]

[ BALLAD OF ELKANAH B. ATKINSON ]

[ BALLAD OF OBADI FRYE ]

[ AT THE OLD FOLKS’ WHANG ]

[ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ]

[ DRIVIN’ THE STAGE ]

[ “DOC” ]

[ ANOTHER “TEA REBELLION” ]

[ “LIKE AN OLD COW’S TAIL” ]

[ PASSING IT ALONG ]

[ A SETTIN’ HEN ]

[ BALLAD OF DEACON PEASLEE ]

[ THE WORST TEACHER ]

[ THE TUCKVILLE GRAND BALL ]

[ THE ONE-RING SHOW ]

[ THE SWITCH FOR HIRAM BROWN ]

[ THE JUMPER ]

[ ISHMAEL’S BREED ]