Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1908 — BE A BOY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BE A BOY

Come alongT Cqme along, where the pathway leads To the fragrant woods of green; Where the brooklet sings and the ivy clings And the mating rain-doves preen. Come along! Come along, where the catbird calls, And the chipmunks scold and play; Where the fisher-boy In his realm of Joy Plods a-whistling on his way. Come along! Come along, where the wild phlox waves And the spotted-adders grow; Where the world is sweet and the breezes fleet Blend a nectar as they blow. Come along! Come along, and forget your cares, Leave your troubles in the town; Be a boy to-day in tne good old way And LIVE ere the NIGHT comes down!

By Byron Williams.

Be a boyl Be a boy! Be a boy once more— Be a boy with busted toe; Be a boy to-day In the good old. way; And forget your manhood’s woe! Just to-day! Just to-day, wear a ragged hat, A patch on your dentmed seat; Have a dog to-day that will romp and play, And a knife that can’t be beat! Balt your hook) Bait your hook! Tie a big cork on. Cut the crotches for your pole; Get the%IOPE to-day that you had alway By the mystic bullhead hole! Keep the HOPE! Keep the HOPE, as you leave the charm Of the boyland, tanned and brown; Take It back to work with a burnished mind And WIN ere the NIGHT comes downl