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Old Songs That Men Have Sung Upon my chamber door. There is room enough for me to hang Between it and the floor, And when I am dead this world Will roll on just the same as e’er. The birds will sing with fond a play In shady woodlands fair, The grass will grow on just as green, The flowers will bloom as fair. What signifies a mortal man That is moldering in the clay? So farewell brothers and sisters, To home and friends adieu! And you, the girl that I adore, May God watch over you! No more we'll roam in grove so green To hear the thrushes sing, She is purer than the lilies fair That bloomed all in the spring. Doc. Darkens came at twelve o’clock To see his charge once more; He found his body hanging On a hinge upon the door. He took his knife and cut him down, Caused many a face grow pale, And filled many a heart with wonder When they heard that mournful tale. And now his remains lie moldering By his dear mother’s side, She did not live to know, poor thing, The cruel death he died! 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W ONDER if any reader can tell me more about the following rather curious bit that comes from Mr. A. F. Barnett. The verses, he says, are to be spoken and the chorus sung. Who knows it? Rye Straw (Sent in by Mr. A. F. Barnett, Australia) Somebody stole my old black dog, I wish they would fetch him back! He run the big hogs over the fence, And the little ones through the crack. Rye straw, rye straw, Rye straw, rye straw. Somebody stole my old white hen I wish they would leave her be! She lays two eggs of weekly days, And Sundays she lays three. Rye straw, rye straw, Rye straw, rye straw. ADDRESS all letters—R. W. Gordon, Care of Adventure, Spring and Macdougal Streets, New York City. Identification Cards —Free to any reader. Just send us (1) your name and address, (2) name and address of party to be notified, (3) a stamped and self-addressed return envelope. 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