Doctor Leeds' selection of popular epic recitations for minstrel and stage use Book

	Poems	v
	Dedication	vii
	Table Of Contents	ix
	A Chip On His Shoulder	11
	A Dog Was Born	12
	A Farewell	15
	A Gift And A Present	16
	A Little Angel	17
	A Matter Of Business	18
	A Metaphysical Dilemma	20
	A Rustic Convert	21
	A Smile	17
	A Story Of St. Peter	22
	A Tale Of Conscious Virtue	26
	A Thankful Parson	28
	A Yallar Dog's Love For A Negro	25
	Abdullah Bulbul Amir or Ivan Petrofsky Skovar	30
	All Of One Size	27
	Always Finish	12
	An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog	29
	An Old Sweetheart Of Mine	32
	An Outcast Even In Hell	33
	Annabel Lee	34
	Are Ya Really A Genuine Member?	36
	As My Uncle Used To Say	35
	Ballad Of Christmas Present	38
	Barbara Frietchie	40
	Bohemia	37
	Breathes There A Man With Soul So Dead	3
	Bum	42
	Buying Loyalty	39
	Bygones	16
	Casey At The Bat	44
	Casey's Revenge	46
	Casey - Twenty Years Later	48
	Casey's Tabble D'Hote	50
	Christmas Tails	317
	College Revisited	43
	Courting In Kentucky	54
	Derelict	315
	Dog	53
	Dogs For Disposal	57
	Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes	233
	Epitaph To A Crow	239
	Epitaph To A Dog	56
	Fable	63
	Father's Way	58
	General Delivery, Alaska!	64
	Guilty Or Not Guilty	60
	Gunga Din	67
	Hell In Texas	70
	He's Just A Dog	72
	High Flight	75
	Honest Confessions	73
	Horse Sense	31
	How Do I Love Thee Let Me Count The Ways	77
	How Much Do I Love You	74
	How Paddy Stole The Rope	76
	How Salvator Won	78
	I Am The Tears	81
	I Had But Fifty Cents	82
	I Pity The Man	80
	I Remember Christmas	83
	I Shall Not Pass This Way Again	71
	I'll Return	19
	Jealous Of You	84
	Jim	86
	Jim Bludso	88
	Just Dogs	90
	Let Us Smile	91
	Light Shining Out of Darkness	94
	Little Breeches	92
	Little Lost Pup	95
	Little Meg and I	96
	Lonely	75
	Malice Aforethought	102
	Ma's Old Galvanized Washtub	100
	McCaffery	104
	Mismatched	103
	Mr. Bones	137
	Mr. McJones	106
	My Dog	85
	My Malamute Dog	109
	My Sweetheart Of Long Ago	110
	Nature Calling	101
	Never Spend The Principal	105
	O Captain! My Captain!	111
	Old Ironsides	112
	Old John Henry	113
	On Buying A Dog	21
	One Fingered Jake	147
	'Ostler Joe	114
	Our Lips And Ears	149
	Our Two Opinions	122
	Outside Are Dogs	123
	Pals	119
	Pals	134
	Parson Snow's Hint	124
	Paul Revere's Ride	126
	Paw Marks	129
	Pity The Man	153
	Poems	v
	Poor Husband When His Wife's Away	130
	Prison Walls	131
	Quiet! . . Please.	132
	Rags	136
	Retrospection	138
	Sam The Clam's Disco	140
	She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured	143
	Sherry	144
	Sleepin' At The Foot O' The Bed	146
	Strive On	148
	That Cocker Spaniel Mutt	150
	That Queen	152
	The Ace In The Hole	154
	The Ballad Of Me And Sourdough Dan	156
	The Ballad Of Reading Gaol	160
	The Betrothed	179
	The Bridge Builder	99
	The Charge of the Light Brigade	182
	The Clink Of The Ice	185
	The Countersign Was "Mary"	188
	The Covered Bridge	135
	The Cremation of Sam McGee	190
	The Dancer	194
	The Deacon's Masterpiece (The Wonderful "One Hoss Shay")	197
	The Defective Mirror	201
	The Dog That Went To Church	204
	The Duel	202
	The Face On The Bar-Room Floor	4
	The Fastest Goat Alive	205
	The Female Of The Species	209
	The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band	212
	The Great Provider	216
	The Harpy	218
	The Hell-Bound Train	220
	The Homecoming	222
	The Indian Burying Ground	224
	The Jumblies	226
	The Last Of The Light Brigade	183
	The Legend Of The Organ Builder	228
	The Level And The Square	231
	The Little Dog Angel	230
	The Maid	232
	The Man He Killed	217
	The Man In The Glass	193
	The Men That Don't Fit In	234
	The Mills Of The Gods	236
	The New Dog	238
	The Nuisance	151
	The Old Stage Queen	240
	The Oyster's Lesson	235
	The Particular Pig	53
	The Politician	120
	The Popular Song	121
	The Post That Fitted	242
	The Power Of The Dog	244
	The Preacher's Mistake	200
	The Preacher's Vacation	245
	The Purple Cow	241
	The Purple Cow - A Lament	241
	The Raven	247
	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner	250
	The Road To Vagabondia	225
	The Rodeo Clown	269
	The Ruined Maid	272
	The Sausage-Colored Dog	273
	The Sea-Wife	275
	The Shooting Of Dan McGrew	277
	The Sigh	159
	The Soldier	155
	The Tone Of Your Voice	280
	The Vagabond And His Dog	8
	The Village Blacksmith	281
	The Volunteer Organist	1
	The Walrus And The Carpenter	283
	The Woman's Resolution	287
	The Worldly Way	289
	The Yarn Of The Nancy Bell	291
	The Young British Soldier	295
	They Were Mixed	286
	To A Little Pal	290
	To Althea, from Prison	294
	Trilby	301
	Trouble In Amen Corner	297
	Turn-About	203
	Two Sinners	62
	Vanity, Vanity	303
	Violets	300
	Waiting At The Ferry	302
	Wanted - A Minister's Wife	13
	What To Do With A Watermelon	282
	When I Was One-And-Twenty	299
	When Lovely Woman Stoops To Folly	187
	Whisperin Bill	305
	Who Shared Her View	309
	Without A Dog	308
	Wit's End	314
	Woman	215
	Acknowledgements	328
	Index of Poets	330