These jingles, I present to thee,

Were written years ago by me;

Some are fair and some are not,

Some, you’ll say, are simply rot;

Some’s not worth the second look—

But then I had to fill the book.

Life’s Reality

Gather ’round me closely and a story I’ll relate

Of life in different stages—its sad and happy state—

When as a youth, before the storm and all the world is fair,