Of all our teachers tho’, Gallaher was king:
He taught us how to carol, like the birds;
His “Ring, Then Ring Ye Light Fairy Bells” will ring
In my ears long as I recall those words.
He was a singing master; were there more
In rural schools to-day, the country o’er.
Concerning disputants, we had them too:
Fair Prairie Gem might flaunt Hiner and Guise;
But these two Haynes full well our Websters knew—
George Tarvin, Edwin Neal—for, surely twice,