PREFACE

It is with a certain amount of misgiving that the author sends out this little volume of Scandinavian dialect verses. To the residents of Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, where the "lumberyack" lives and thrives, the dialect will seem familiar enough; but to other readers such terms as "skol" (shall or will), "ban" (been), "panga" (money), "sum" (than or as), may convey little or no meaning.

But, if the Scandinavian dialect verses are not widely popular, they are at least comparatively fresh and original; and to those readers who can readily grasp the patois, as well as to those who are compelled to struggle painfully through its labyrinths, this volume is respectfully dedicated.

CONTENTS

[ PREFACE ]

[ HIS LYRICS ]

[ "YIM" ]

[ TILLIE OLSON ]

[ THE "LUMBERYACK" ]

[ LITTLE STEENA YOHNSON ]

[ OLAF ]

[ "YENNIE DEAR" ]

[ "PEEK-A-BOO" ]

[ SONNET ON STEWED PRUNES ]

[ A GOOD FELLOW ]

[ "IT'S UP TO YOU" ]

[ HIS HISTORICAL TALES ]

[ HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE ]

[ WILLIAM TELL ]

[ THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH ]

[ ROBINSON CRUSOE ]

[ GEORGE WASHINGTON ]

[ PAUL REVERE ]

[ WATERLOO ]

[ BARBARA FRIETCHIE ]

[ SHERIDAN'S RIDE ]

[ HIS POETICAL TRANSLATIONS ]

[ SPEAK GENTLY ]

[ THE BAREFOOT BOY ]

[ FATHER WILLIAM ]

[ ABOU SWEN ANSON ]

[ MAUD MULLER ]

[ LUCY GRAY ]

[ STEALING A RIDE ]

[ "CURFEW SHALL NOT RING TO-NIGHT" ]

[ A PSALM OF LIFE ]

[ ANNIE LAURIE ]

[ THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE ]

[ EXCELSIOR ]

[ MORTALITY ]

[ THE DAY IS DONE ]