Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1904 — O, MISSOURI. [ARTICLE]

O, MISSOURI.

O, Missouri, I’m a weepin' for you. My tears are a failin' like rain. I'm a Bobbin’—boo hoo! ! O, Missouri, Mlzzoo; My heart is nigh broken with pain. On you I've relied with a whole lot of pride, And couoted you safefrom the fray, But O, whai a slide—why I mighty near died At seein’ you wander away, O, state of my birth you have squelched all the mirth And made me feel lonesome and blue. Though I wander the earth of all joy there's a dearth O, fickle Missouri, Mizzoo! I have alwavs avowed that of you I was proud, f But this is a blow to my pride. I am sobbin' aloud, and my spirit is cowed . To think that you’d ever blackslide. You have wandered from the old path today. And you’ll findthatthe pickin’ is poor. You will find it don’t pay—do you catch what I say? Your new friends will bunco you sure. When on husks you must dine in comp’ny of swine Just recall what I whisper to you: For the old ways you'll, pine, and you'll get back in line. Repentant Missouri, Mizzoo! J O Missouri; it’s tough! You were quite old enough To know a lot better than that. But you swallowed the guff—O, Missouri it's rough To have all our hopes bnsted fiat! But, Missouri, Mizzoo; we're a lookin' for you To come back again to the fold. ADd the day that you do what a hullabaloo We’ll raise when your form we behold. —Bryan's Commoner.