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From Rude Rural Rhymes by Bob Adams, New York: The Macmillan Company; 1925; pp. 11-14.


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CONTENTS

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I.  R E M I N I S C E N T


In Praise of Plumbing 17

Being a Boy 19

Forty Plus 21

The Water’s Fine 23

The Heritage 25

A Pome of Pants and Patches 27

A Song of the Sock 29

The Bald Bard and the Modern Maiden 31

Eating 33

Feet 35

Culture 37




II.  B U C O L I C


Corn 41

God’s Planter 43

The Ad on the Fence 45

The Rooster 47

A Seed-Time Song 49

Apples 50

The County Fair 52

Fair Time 54

The Soil 56

Hairy Vetch 58

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Arbor Day 60

He Feeds us All 62

Bill Quits 63

Biddy Protests 65

So, Bossy, So 67

Garlic 69

Peaches or Pines 70

Catalog Time 72

Name Your Farm 74

Johnny Appleseed 76

Fast Time 78

Man Needs them Still 80

Tested Herd 82




III.  D O M E S T I C


Feeding Father 85

Nobody Loves a Landlord 87

Irrigate your Eden 89

Truth and Tombstones 91

The Household Budget 93

Hair Tonic 95

Coffee 97

Cheese 99

Sidewalks 101

House Cleaning 103

Washing Dishes 105

Plumbing 107

Swat them Now 109

Advice to Gardeners 111



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IV.  A N T H R A C I T I C


Old King Coal 115

Coal Substitutes 117

Winter Woes 119

Coal Strikes 121




V.  P H I L O S O P H I C


Evolution 125

Creation 127

An Easter Rhyme 129

Trespass 131

Hope 133

Our Successors 135

Fate 137

Faces 139

Consolidation 141

The Knocker and the Worker 143

The Descent of Man 145

Advice to Maidens 147

The Standing Broad Grin 149

Do it Now 151

Thanksgiving 153

Stagnant Waters 155

A Rural Book 157




VI.  M I S C E L L A N E O U S


The Vest comes Back 161

Winter Evenings 163

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Dailies And Weeklies 165

Cartoons 167

Anti-Fat 169

Show Your Colors 171

The Community Newspaper 173

The Melancholy Days 174

A Rude Rural Valentine 176

Sweet Spring 178

The Apple Cure 180

Keep the Home Flowers Blooming 182

The New Year’s Sun 184

It Pays to Advertise 186

Your Editor Speaks 188

Dinner’s Ready 190

Here Comes the Bride 192

Morpheus and Me 194

Mother Earth 196

Ladies First? 198

Razors 200

The Fever Thermometer 202

Every Day in Every Way 204

Suspense 206

Operated 208

Wills 210

Nobody Loves the Dentist 212

Odes To Order 214

A Shirtsleeve Song 216

The Graduates 218






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