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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_18_64kb_0", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_18_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 31.88, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "The Bottle Tree bloometh by night and by day! Heigh ho for Winkyway land! And Bottle Tree fruit (as I've heard people say) Makes bellies of Bottle Tree babies expand And that is a trick I would fain understand! Heigh ho for a bottle to day! And heigh ho for a bottle to night A bottle of milk that is creamy and white! So cuddle me close, and cuddle me fast, And cuddle me snug in my cradle away, For I hunger and thirst for that precious repast Heigh ho for a bottle, I say!", "THE BOTTLE TREE BLOOMETH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY HEIGHO FOR WINKY WAY LAND AND BOTTLE TREE FRUIT AS I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY MIX BELLIES OF BOTTLE TREE BABIES EXPAND AND THAT IS A TRICK I WOULD FAIN UNDERSTAND HEIGHO FOR A BOTTLE TO DAY AND I HO FOR A BOTTLE TO NIGHT A BOTTLE OF MILK THAT IS CREAMY AND WHITE SO CUDDLE ME CLOSE AND CUDDLE ME FAST AND CUDDLE ME SNUG AND MY CRADLE AWAY FOR I HUNGER AND THIRST FOR THAT PRECIOUS REPAST HEIGHO FOR A BOTTLE I SAY" ], "pre_texts": [ "riend the Stork did bring. Last night a babe awakened, And, babe, how strange and new Must seem the home and people The Stork has brought you to; And yet methinks you like them-- You neither stare nor weep, But closer to my dear one You cuddle, and you sleep! Last night my heart grew fonder-- O happy heart of mine, Sing of the inspirations That round my pathway shine! And sing your sweetest love-song To this dear nestling wee The Stork from 'Way-Out-Yonder Hath brought to mine and me! THE BOTTLE TREE A bottle tree bloometh in Winkyway land-- Heigh-ho for a bottle, I say! A snug little berth in that ship I demand That rocketh the Bottle-Tree babies away Where the Bottle Tree bloometh by night and by day And reacheth its fruit to each wee, dimpled hand; You take of that fruit as much as you list, For colic's a nuisance that doesn't exist! So cuddle me and cuddle me fast, And cuddle me snug in my cradle away, For I hunger and thirst for that precious repast-- Heigh-ho for a bottle, I say!", " LOVE THE BOTTLE TREE FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVER VOX RECOURTINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT ELL I BI R I VO EX STATOWARDGI RECORDING BY SQUIDVASLOKHOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD THE BOTTLE TREE A BOTTLE TREE BLOMETH IN WINKY WAY LAND HEIGHO FOR A BOTTLE I SAY A SNUG LITTLE BERTH IN THAT SHIP I DEMAND THAT ROCKETH THE BOTTLE TREE BABIES AWAY WHERE THE BOTTLE TREE BLOOMETH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY AND REACHETH ITS FRUIT TO EACH WEE DIMPLED HAND YOU TAKE OF THAT FRUIT AS MUCH AS YOU LIST FOR COLIC'S A NUISANCE THAT DOESN'T EXIST SO CUDDLE ME AND CUDDLE ME FAST AND CUDDLE ME SNUG AND MY CRADLE AWAY FOR I HUNGER AND THIRST FOR THAT PRECIOUS REPAST HEIGHO FOR A BOTTLE I SAY" ], "begin_byte": 26557, "end_byte": 27038 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_19_64kb_0", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_19_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 16.759, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "Then in affright I call him I hear his gleeful shouts! Begone, ye dread forebodings Begone, ye killing doubts! For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly Goo!", "THEN IN AFFRIGHT I CALL HIM I HEAR HIS GLEEFUL SHOUTS BEGONE YE DREAD FOREBODINGS BEGONE YE KILLING DOUBTS FOR WITH MY ARMS ABOUT HIM MY HEART WARMS THROUGH AND THROUGH WITH THE OOGLING AND THE GOOGLING OF MY LITTLE GOOGLY GOO" ], "pre_texts": [ "to sing, From yonder cheery chamber Cometh a mellow coo-- 'T is the sweet, persuasive treble Of my little Googly-Goo! The sunbeams hear his music, And they seek his little bed, And they dance their prettiest dances Round his golden curly head: Schottisches, galops, minuets, Gavottes and waltzes, too, Dance they unto the music Of my googling Googly-Goo. My heart--my heart it leapeth To hear that treble tone; What music like thy music, My darling and mine own! And patiently--yes, cheerfully I toil the long day through-- My labor seemeth lightened By the song of Googly-Goo! I may not see his antics, Nor kiss his dimpled cheek: I may not smooth the tresses The sunbeams love to seek; It mattereth not--the echo Of his sweet, persuasive coo Recurreth to remind me Of my little Googly-Goo. And when I come at evening, I stand without the door And patiently I listen For that dear sound once more; And oftentimes I wonder, \"Oh, God! what should I do If any ill should happen To my little Googly-Goo!", "BIN IN THE MAPLE HOPS FROM HER NEST TO SING FROM YONDER CHEERY CHAMBER COMETH A MELLOW COO TIS THE SWEET PERSUASIVE TROUBLE OF MY LITTLE GOOLEY GOO THE SUNBEAMS HEAR HIS MUSIC AND THEY SEEK HIS LITTLE BED AND THEY DANCE THEIR PRETTIEST DANCES ROUND HIS GOLDEN CURLY HEAD SHATTISHES GALLOPS MINUETS GIVOTTES AND WALTZES TOO DANCE THEY UNTO THE MUSIC OF MY GOOGLING GOOGLY GOO MY HEART MY HEART IT LEAPETH TO HEAR THAT TROUBLED TONE WHAT MUSIC LIKE THY MUSIC MY DARLING AND MINE OWN AND PATIENTLY YES CHEERFULLY I TOIL THE LONG DAY THROUGH MY LABOUR SEEMETH LIGHTENED BY THE SONG OF GOOGLY GOO I MAY NOT SEE HIS ANTICS NOR KISS HIS DIMPLED CHEEK I MAY NOT SMOOTH THE TRESSES THE SUNBEAMS LOVE TO SEEK IT MATTERTH NOT THE ECHO OF HIS SWEET PERSUASIVE COOL RECURRETH TO REMIND ME OF MY LITTLE GOOGLY GOO AND WHEN I COME AT EVENING I STAND WITHOUT THE DOOR AND PATIENTLY I LISTEN FOR THAT DEAR SOUND ONCE MORE AND OFTENTIMES I WONDER O GOD WHAT SHOULD I DO IF ANY ILL SHOULD HAPPEN TO MY LITTLE GOOGLY GOO" ], "begin_byte": 28157, "end_byte": 28395 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_20_64kb_2", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_20_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 12.879, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "He wuz long in the bar'l, like a fyce oughter be; His color wuz yaller as ever you see; His tail, curlin' upward, wuz long, loose, an' slim When he didn't wag it, why, the tail it wagged him!", "HE WAS LONG IN THE BAR LIKE A FIE SOTTER BEE HIS COLOR WAS YALLER AS EVER YOU SEE HIS TAIL CURLIN UPWARD WAS LONG LOOSE AND SLIM WHEN HE DIDN'T WAG IT WHY THE TAIL IT WAGGED HIM" ], "pre_texts": [ "stand without the door And patiently I listen For that dear sound once more; And oftentimes I wonder, \"Oh, God! what should I do If any ill should happen To my little Googly-Goo!\" Then in affright I call him-- I hear his gleeful shouts! Begone, ye dread forebodings-- Begone, ye killing doubts! For, with my arms about him, My heart warms through and through With the oogling and the googling Of my little Googly-Goo! THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyce Hed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice. Some folks called him Sooner, a name that arose From his predisposition to chronic repose; But, rouse his ambition, he couldn't be beat-- Yer bet yer he got thar on all his four feet! Mos' dorgs hez some forte--like huntin' an' such, But the sports o' the field didn't bother him much; Wuz just a plain dorg, an' contented to be On peaceable terms with the neighbors an' me; Used to fiddle an' squirm, and grunt \"Oh, how nice!\" When I tickled the back of that bench-legged fyce!", " LOVE THE BENCH LIKE ADVICE FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIVERPOX RECORDING ALL THE BREVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT L I B R I VIO X DADOUARDI RECORDING BY SQUIDVAS LOKOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD THE BENCH LEGGED VICE SPEAKIN O DOORG'S MY BENCH LIKE ADVISE HAD MOST O THE VIRTUES AND NARRY OF ICE SOME FOLKS CALLED HIM SOONER A NAME THAT AROSE FROM HIS PREDISPOSITION TO CHRONIC REPOSE AROUSES AMBITION HE COULDN'T BE BEAT YOU BET YER HE GOT THAR ON ALL HIS FOUR FEET MOST DOGS HAS SOME FORTE LIKE HUNTIN AN SUCH BUT THE SPORTS OF THE FIELD DIDN'T BOTHER IT MUCH WAS JUST A PLAIN DOG AND CONTENTED TO BE ON PEACEABLE TERMS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND ME USED TO FIDDLE AND SQUIRM AND GRUNT OH HOW NICE WHEN I TICKLED THE BACK OF THAT BENCH LIKE A VICE" ], "begin_byte": 28979, "end_byte": 29172 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_20_64kb_4", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_20_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 18.959, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "Of daytimes he'd sneak to the road an' lie down, An' tackle the country dorgs comin' to town; By common consent he wuz boss in St. Joe, For what he took hold of he never let go! An' a dude that come courtin' our girl left a slice Of his white flannel suit with our bench legged fyce!", "OF DAY TIME HE'DD SNEAK THE ROAD AND LIE DOWN AND TACKLE THE COUNTRY DOGS COMING TO TOWN BY COMMON CONSENT HE WAS BOSS IN SAINT JOE FOR WHAT HE TOOK HOLD OF HE NEVER LET GO AND A DEW THAT CAME COURTING OUR GIRL LEFT A SLICE OF HIS WHITE FLANNEL SUIT WITH OUR BENCH LEG ADVICE" ], "pre_texts": [ "hat arose From his predisposition to chronic repose; But, rouse his ambition, he couldn't be beat-- Yer bet yer he got thar on all his four feet! Mos' dorgs hez some forte--like huntin' an' such, But the sports o' the field didn't bother him much; Wuz just a plain dorg, an' contented to be On peaceable terms with the neighbors an' me; Used to fiddle an' squirm, and grunt \"Oh, how nice!\" When I tickled the back of that bench-legged fyce! He wuz long in the bar'l, like a fyce oughter be; His color wuz yaller as ever you see; His tail, curlin' upward, wuz long, loose, an' slim-- When he didn't wag it, why, the tail it wagged him! His legs wuz so crooked, my bench-legged pup Wuz as tall settin' down as he wuz standin' up! He'd lie by the stove of a night an' regret The various vittles an' things he had et; When a stranger, most likely a tramp, come along, He'd lift up his voice in significant song-- You wondered, by gum! how there ever wuz space In that bosom o' his'n to hold so much bass!", "UES AND NARRY OF ICE SOME FOLKS CALLED HIM SOONER A NAME THAT AROSE FROM HIS PREDISPOSITION TO CHRONIC REPOSE AROUSES AMBITION HE COULDN'T BE BEAT YOU BET YER HE GOT THAR ON ALL HIS FOUR FEET MOST DOGS HAS SOME FORTE LIKE HUNTIN AN SUCH BUT THE SPORTS OF THE FIELD DIDN'T BOTHER IT MUCH WAS JUST A PLAIN DOG AND CONTENTED TO BE ON PEACEABLE TERMS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND ME USED TO FIDDLE AND SQUIRM AND GRUNT OH HOW NICE WHEN I TICKLED THE BACK OF THAT BENCH LIKE A VICE HE WAS LONG IN THE BAR LIKE A FIE SOTTER BEE HIS COLOR WAS YALLER AS EVER YOU SEE HIS TAIL CURLIN UPWARD WAS LONG LOOSE AND SLIM WHEN HE DIDN'T WAG IT WHY THE TAIL IT WAGGED HIM HIS LEGS WERE SO CROOKED MY BENT LEGGED PUP WAS AS TALL SETTIN DOWN AS HE WAS STANDING UP HE'D LIE BY THE STOVE OF A NIGHT AND REGRET THE VARIOUS FIDDLES AND THINGS HE HAD ET WHEN A STRANGER MOST LIKELY A TRAMP CAME ALONG HE'D LIFT UP HIS VOICE INSIGNIFICANT SONG YOU WONDERED BY GUM HOW THERE EVER WAS SPACE IN THAT BOSOM O HIS'N TO HOLD SO MUCH BASE" ], "begin_byte": 29539, "end_byte": 29822 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_23_64kb_5", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_23_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 24.879, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "Layeth she her hands upon My dear weary little one, And those white hands overspread Like a veil the curly head, Seem to fondle and caress Every little silken tress; Then she smooths the eyelids down Over those two eyes of brown In such soothing, tender wise Cometh Lady Button Eyes.", "LAYETH SHE HER HANDS UPON MY DEAR WEARY LITTLE ONE AND THOSE WHITE HANDS OVERSPREAD LIKE A VEIL THE CURLY HEAD SEEMED TO FONDLE AND CARESS EVERY LITTLE SILKEN DRESS THEN SHE SMOOTHED THE EYELIDS DOWN OVER THOSE TWO EYES OF BROWN IN SUCH SOOTHING TENDER WISE COMETH LADY BUTTON EYES" ], "pre_texts": [ " boy, When the years have worn away, Sing sad and low Of the long ago, As it singeth to me to-day? LADY BUTTON-EYES When the busy day is done, And my weary little one Rocketh gently to and fro; When the night winds softly blow, And the crickets in the glen Chirp and chirp and chirp again; When upon the haunted green Fairies dance around their queen-- Then from yonder misty skies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. Through the murk and mist and gloam To our quiet, cozy home, Where to singing, sweet and low, Rocks a cradle to and fro; Where the clock's dull monotone Telleth of the day that's done; Where the moonbeams hover o'er Playthings sleeping on the floor-- Where my weary wee one lies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes. Cometh like a fleeting ghost From some distant eerie coast; Never footfall can you hear As that spirit fareth near-- Never whisper, never word From that shadow-queen is heard. In ethereal raiment dight, From the realm of fay and sprite In the depth of yonder skies Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.", "UNTEER PLEASE VISIT EL I BE R I VIO X DOTTAWARGI RECORDING BY SQUIDVASH LAKOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD LADY BUTTON EYES WHEN THE BUSY DAY IS DONE AND MY WEARY LITTLE ONE ROCKETH GENTLY TO AND FRO WHEN THE NIGHT WINDS SOFTLY BLOW AND THE CRICKETS IN THE GLEN CHIRP AND CHIRP AND CHIRP AGAIN WHEN UPON THE HAUNTED GREEN FAIRIES DANCE AROUND THEIR QUEEN THEN FROM YONDER MISTY SKIES COMETH LADY BUTTON EYES THROUGH THE MURK AND MIST AND GLOOM TO OUR QUIET COSY HOME WHERE TO SINGING SWEET AND LOW ROCKS A CRADLE TO AND FRO WHERE THE CLOCK'S DULL MONOTONE TELLETH OF THE DAY THAT'S DONE WHERE THE MOONBEAMS HOVER O'ER THE PLAYTHING SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR WHERE MY WEARY WEE ONE LIES COMETH LADY BUTTON EYES COMETH LIKE A FLEETING GHOST FROM SOME DISTANT EERIE COAST NEVER FOOTFALL CAN YOU HEAR AS THAT SPIRIT FARETH NEAR NEVER WHISPER NEVER WORD FROM THAT SHADOW QUEEN IS HEARD IN ETHEREAL RAIMENT DIGHT FROM THE REALM OF FAY AND SPRITE IN THE DEPTH OF YONDER SKIES COMETH LADY BUTTON EYES" ], "begin_byte": 33787, "end_byte": 34072 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_25_64kb_2", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_25_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 31.76, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "THE BROOK I looked in the brook and saw a face Heigh ho, but a child was I! There were rushes and willows in that place, And they clutched at the brook as the brook ran by; And the brook it ran its own sweet way, As a child doth run in heedless play, And as it ran I heard it say: \"Hasten with me To the roistering sea That is wroth with the flame of the morning sky!\"", "THE BROOK I LOOKED IN THE BROOK AND SAW A FACE HEY HO BUT A CHILD WAS I THERE WERE RUSHES AND WILLOWS IN THAT PLACE AND THEY CLUTCHED AT THE BROOK AS THE BROOK RAN BY AND THE BROOK IT RAN ITS OWN SWEET WAY AS A CHILD DOTH RUN IN HEEDLESS PLAY AND AS IT RAN I HEARD IT SAY HASTEN WITH ME TO THE ROISTERING SEA THAT IS WROTH WITH THE FLAME OF THE MORNING SKY" ], "pre_texts": [ " Bumpville! She's scared of the cars when the engine goes \"Toot!\" Down by the crossing at Bumpville; You'd better look out for that treacherous brute Bearing you off to Bumpville! With a snort she rears up on her hindermost heels, And executes jigs and Virginia reels-- Words fail to explain how embarrassed one feels Dancing so wildly to Bumpville! It's bumpytybump and it's jiggytyjog, Journeying on to Bumpville It's over the hilltop and down through the bog You ride on your way to Bumpville; It's rattletybang over boulder and stump, There are rivers to ford, there are fences to jump, And the corduroy road it goes bumpytybump, Mile after mile to bumpville! Perhaps you'll observe it's no easy thing Making the journey to Bumpville, So I think, on the whole, it were prudent to bring An end to this ride to Bumpville; For, though she has uttered no protest or plaint, The calico mare must be blowing and faint-- What's more to the point, I'm blowed if I ain't! So play we have got to Bumpville!", " LOVE THE BROOKE FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT L I B R I VIO X DATAWARGI RECORDING BY SQUIDVASH LAKOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD" ], "begin_byte": 36030, "end_byte": 36400 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_28_64kb_2", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_28_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 31.68, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "Come, my little one, with me there 'T is a goodly train of cars All aboard for Shut Eye Town! Swifter than a wild bird's flight, Through the realms of fleecy light We shall speed and speed away! Let the Night in envy frown What care we How wroth she be! To the Balow land above us, To the Balow folk who love us, Let us hasten while we may All aboard for Shut Eye Town!", "COME MY LITTLE ONE WITH ME THERE TIS A GOODLY TRAIN OF CARS ALL ABOARD FOR SHUT I TOWN SWIFTER THAN A WILD BIRD'S FLIGHT THROUGH THE REALMS OF FLEECY LIGHT WE SHALL SPEED AND SPEED AWAY LET THE NIGHT IN ENVY FROWN WHAT CARE WE HOW WROTH SHE BE TO THE BELLOW LAND ABOVE US TO THE BELLOW FOLK WHO LOVE US LET US HASTEN WHILE WE MAY ALL ABOARD FOR SHUT I TOWN" ], "pre_texts": [ "nder, by and by!\" Shuffle-Shoon quoth: \"Yes, I know; Thus I builded long ago! Here a gate and there a wall, Here a window, there a door; Here a steeple wondrous tall Riseth ever more and more! But the years have leveled low What I builded long ago!\" So they gossip at their play, Heedless of the fleeting day; One speaks of the Long Ago Where his dead hopes buried lie; One with chubby cheeks aglow Prattleth of the By and By; Side by side, they build their blocks-- Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks. THE SHUT-EYE TRAIN Come, my little one, with me! There are wondrous sights to see As the evening shadows fall; In your pretty cap and gown, Don't detain The Shut-Eye train-- \"Ting-a-ling!\" the bell it goeth, \"Toot-toot!\" the whistle bloweth, And we hear the warning call: \"All aboard for Shut-Eye Town!\" Over hill and over plain Soon will speed the Shut-Eye train! Through the blue where bloom the stars And the Mother Moon looks down We'll away To land of Fay-- Oh, the sights that we shall see there!", " LOVE THE SHATI TRAIN FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT L I B R I VIO X DATOWARGI RECORDING BY SQUIDVASH LAKOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD THE SHED I TRAIN COME MY LITTLE ONE WITH ME THERE ARE WONDROUS SIGHTS TO SEE AS THE EVENING SHADOWS FALL IN YOUR PRETTY CAP AND GOWN DON'T DETAIN THE SHED I TRAIN TINGLING THE BALLOT GOETH TOO TOO THE WHISTLE BLOWETH AND WE HEAR THE WARNING CALL ALL ABOARD FOR SHUT II TOWN OVER HILL AND OVER PLAIN SOON WILL SPEED THE SHUT II TRAIN THROUGH THE BLUE WHERE BLOOM THE STARS AND THE MOTHER MOON LOOKS DOWN WHEEL AWAY TO THE LAND OF FAY OH THE SIGHTS THAT WE SHALL SEE THERE" ], "begin_byte": 39715, "end_byte": 40092 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_34_64kb_2", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_34_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 3.88, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "And further say I have a sled Cushioned in blue and painted red!", "AND FURTHER SAY I HAVE A SLED CUSHIONED IN BLUE AND PAINTED RED" ], "pre_texts": [ "light of years agone Stole into my heart again to-day! Playing that you are the one I knew In the days that never again may be, I'll say \"I love you\" to you,\" And you say \"I love you\" to me! \"I love you!\" my heart shall say To the ghost of the past come back to-day! Or, play that you sought this nestling-place For your own sweet self, with that dual guise Of your pretty mother in your face And the look of that other in your eyes! So the dear old loves shall live anew As I hold my darling on my knee, And I'll say \"I love you\" to you, And you say \"I love you\" to me! Oh, many a strange, true thing we say And do when we pretend to play! A VALENTINE Go, Cupid, and my sweetheart tell I love her well. Yes, though she tramples on my heart And rends that bleeding thing apart; And though she rolls a scornful eye On doting me when I go by; And though she scouts at everything As tribute unto her I bring-- Apple, banana, caramel-- Haste, Cupid, to my love and tell, In spite of all, I love her well!", " LOVE OF VALENTINE FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT EL I BE R I VO EX DADAWARGI RECORDING BY SKUIDEVASHLOKHOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD OF VALENTINE GO CUPID AND MY SWEETHEART TELL I LOVE HER WELL YES THOUGH SHE TRAMPLES ON MY HEART AND RENDS THAT LEADING THING APART AND THOUGH SHE ROLLS A SCORNFUL EYE ON DOTING MEN WHEN I GO BY AND THOUGH SHE SCOUTS AT EVERYTHING AS TRIBUTE UNTO HER I BRING APPLE BANANA CARAMEL HASTE CUPID TO MY LOVE AND TELL IN SPITE OF ALL I LOVE HER WELL" ], "begin_byte": 46970, "end_byte": 47034 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_36_64kb_9", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_36_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.08, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "SEEIN' THINGS I ain't afeard uv snakes, or toads, or bugs, or worms, or mice, An' things 'at girls are skeered uv I think are awful nice!", "SEEIN THINGS I AIN'T AFEARED O SNAKES OR TOADS OR BUGS OR WORMS OR MICE AND THINGS THAT GIRLS ARE SKEERED OF I THINK YOU'RE AWFUL NICE" ], "pre_texts": [ " Ere perchance he fall. He is, oh, so weak and small! Yet what danger shall he fear When his mother hovereth near, And he hears her cheering call: \"All-Aloney\"? Little All-Aloney's face It is all aglow with glee, As around that romping-place At a terrifying pace Lungeth, plungeth he! And that hero seems to be All unconscious of our cheers-- Only one dear voice he hears Calling reassuringly: \"All-Aloney!\" Though his legs bend with their load, Though his feet they seem so small That you cannot help forebode Some disastrous episode In that noisy hall, Neither threatening bump nor fall Little All-Aloney fears, But with sweet bravado steers Whither comes that cheery call: \"All-Aloney!\" Ah, that in the years to come, When he shares of Sorrow's store,-- When his feet are chill and numb, When his cross is burdensome, And his heart is sore: Would that he could hear once more The gentle voice he used to hear-- Divine with mother love and cheer-- Calling from yonder spirit shore: \"All, all alone!", " LOVE SEE IN THINGS FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT L I BI R I VIO X DADOORGI RECORDING WESKRIDVASHILOKHOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD" ], "begin_byte": 48518, "end_byte": 48656 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_38_64kb_5", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_38_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 26.44, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "THE DOLL'S WOOING The little French doll was a dear little doll Tricked out in the sweetest of dresses; Her eyes were of hue A most delicate blue And dark as the night were her tresses; Her dear little mouth was fluted and red, And this little French doll was so very well bred That whenever accosted her little mouth said \"Mamma! mamma!\"", "THE DOLL'S WOOING THE LITTLE FRENCH DOLL WAS A DEAR LITTLE DOLL TRICKED OUT IN THE SWEETEST OF DRESSES HER EYES WERE A HUE A MOST DELICATE BLUE AND DARK AS THE NIGHT WERE HER TRESSES HER DEAR LITTLE MOUTH WAS FLUTED AND RED AND THIS LITTLE FRENCH DOLL WAS SO VERY WELL BRED THAT WHENEVER ACCOSTED HER LITTLE MOUTH SAID MAMMA MAMMA" ], "pre_texts": [ "'s pie for supper, or cakes 'at 's big an' nice, I want to--but I do not pass my plate f'r them things twice! No, ruther let Starvation wipe me slowly out o' sight Than I should keep a-livin' on an' seein' things at night! THE CUNNIN' LITTLE THING When baby wakes of mornings, Then it's wake, ye people all! For another day Of song and play Has come at our darling's call! And, till she gets her dinner, She makes the welkin ring, And she won't keep still till she's had her fill-- The cunnin' little thing! When baby goes a-walking, Oh, how her paddies fly! For that's the way The babies say To other folk \"by-by\"; The trees bend down to kiss her, And the birds in rapture sing, As there she stands and waves her hands-- The cunnin' little thing! When baby goes a-rocking In her bed at close of day, At hide-and-seek On her dainty cheek The dreams and the dimples play; Then it's sleep in the tender kisses The guardian angels bring From the Far Above to my sweetest love-- You cunnin' little thing!", " LOVE THE DOLL'S WOOING FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM MORE INFORMATION ORDER VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT EL I BI R I VIO X DADAWARGI RECORDING BY SQUIDVANSHALOKHOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD" ], "begin_byte": 51055, "end_byte": 51393 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_40_64kb_2", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_40_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 21.68, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "Once Fisherman Jim sailed into the bay As the sun went down in a cloudy sky, And never a kid saw he at play, And he listened in vain for the welcoming cry. In his little house he learned it all, And he clinched his hands and he bowed his head \"The fever!\" they said.", "ONCE FISHERMAN JIM SAILED INTO THE BAY AS THE SUN WENT DOWN IN A CLOUDY SKY AND NEVER A KID SAW HE AT PLAY AND HE LISTENED IN VAIN FOR THE WELCOMING CRY IN HIS LITTLE HOUSE HE LEARNED IT ALL AND HE CLINCHED HIS HANDS AND HE BOWED HIS HEAD THE FEVER THEY SAID" ], "pre_texts": [ "re that I heard a wee baby voice say: \"Mamma! mamma!\" INSCRIPTION FOR MY LITTLE SON'S SILVER PLATE When thou dost eat from off this plate, I charge thee be thou temperate; Unto thine elders at the board Do thou sweet reverence accord; And, though to dignity inclined, Unto the serving-folk be kind; Be ever mindful of the poor, Nor turn them hungry from the door; And unto God, for health and food And all that in thy life is good, Give thou thy heart in gratitude. FISHERMAN JIM'S KIDS Fisherman Jim lived on the hill With his bonnie wife an' his little boys; 'T wuz \"Blow, ye winds, as blow ye will-- Naught we reck of your cold and noise!\" For happy and warm were he an' his, And he dandled his kids upon his knee To the song of the sea. Fisherman Jim would sail all day, But, when come night, upon the sands His little kids ran from their play, Callin' to him an' wavin' their hands; Though the wind was fresh and the sea was high, He'd hear'em--you bet--above the roar Of the waves on the shore!", " FISHERMEN JIM'S KIDS FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT EL I B R I VO X DATAWARGI RECORDING BY SQUIDVASHLAKOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD FISHERMEN JIM'S KIDS FISHERMAN JIM LIVED ON THE HILL WITH HIS BONNIE WIFE AND HIS LITTLE BOYS TWAS BLOW YE WINDS AS BLOW YE WILL NOT WE WRECK OF YOUR COLD AND NOISE FOR HAPPY AND WARM WERE HE AND HIS AND HE DANDLED HIS KIDS UPON HIS KNEE TO THE SONG OF THE SEA FISHERMAN JIM WOULD SAIL ALL DAY BUT WHEN COME NIGHT UPON THE SANDS HIS LITTLE KIDS RAN FROM THEIR PLAY CALLING TO HIM AND WAVING THEIR HANDS THOUGH THE WIND WAS FRESH AND THE SEA WAS HIGH HE'D HEAR HIM YOU BET ABOVE THE ROAR OF THE WAVES ON THE SHORE" ], "begin_byte": 53303, "end_byte": 53571 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_40_64kb_4", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_40_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 21, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "Then Fisherman Jim says he to me: \"It's a long, long cruise you understand But over beyont the ragin' sea I kin see my boys on the shinin' sand Waitin' to help this ol' hulk ashore, Just as they used to ah, mate, you know! In the long ago.\"", "THEN FISHERMAN JIM SAYS HE TO ME IT'S A LONG LONG CRUISE YOU UNDERSTAND BUT OVER BEYOND THE RAGE AND SEA I CAN SEE MY BOYS ON THE SHININ SAND WAITIN TO HELP THIS OLD HULK ASHORE JUST AS THEY USED TO AH MATE YOU KNOW IN THE LONG AGO" ], "pre_texts": [ "sands His little kids ran from their play, Callin' to him an' wavin' their hands; Though the wind was fresh and the sea was high, He'd hear'em--you bet--above the roar Of the waves on the shore! Once Fisherman Jim sailed into the bay As the sun went down in a cloudy sky, And never a kid saw he at play, And he listened in vain for the welcoming cry. In his little house he learned it all, And he clinched his hands and he bowed his head-- \"The fever!\" they said. 'T wuz a pitiful time for Fisherman Jim, With them darlin's a-dyin' afore his eyes, A-stretchin' their wee hands out to him An' a-breakin' his heart with the old-time cries He had heerd so often upon the sands; For they thought they wuz helpin' his boat ashore-- Till they spoke no more. But Fisherman Jim lived on and on, Castin' his nets an' sailin' the sea; As a man will live when his heart is gone, Fisherman Jim lived hopelessly, Till once in those years they come an' said: \"Old Fisherman Jim is powerful sick-- Go to him, quick!", "L DAY BUT WHEN COME NIGHT UPON THE SANDS HIS LITTLE KIDS RAN FROM THEIR PLAY CALLING TO HIM AND WAVING THEIR HANDS THOUGH THE WIND WAS FRESH AND THE SEA WAS HIGH HE'D HEAR HIM YOU BET ABOVE THE ROAR OF THE WAVES ON THE SHORE ONCE FISHERMAN JIM SAILED INTO THE BAY AS THE SUN WENT DOWN IN A CLOUDY SKY AND NEVER A KID SAW HE AT PLAY AND HE LISTENED IN VAIN FOR THE WELCOMING CRY IN HIS LITTLE HOUSE HE LEARNED IT ALL AND HE CLINCHED HIS HANDS AND HE BOWED HIS HEAD THE FEVER THEY SAID TWAS A PITIFUL TIME FOR FISHERMEN JIM WITH THEM DARLINS A DYIN AFORE HIS EYES A STRETCHIN THEIR WEE HANDS OUT TO HIM AND A BREAK IN HIS HEART WITH THE OLD TIME CRIES HE HAD HEARD SO OFTEN UPON THE SANDS FOR THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS HELP IN HIS BOAT ASHORE TILL THEY SPOKE NO MORE BUT FISHERMAN JIM LIVED ON AND ON CASTING HIS NETS AND SAILING THE SEA AS A MAN WILL LIVE WHEN HIS HEART IS GONE FISHERMAN JIM LIVED HOPELESSLY TILL ONCE IN THOSE YEARS THEY COME AND SAID OLD FISHERMAN JIM IS POWERFUL SICK GO TO HIM QUICK" ], "begin_byte": 54109, "end_byte": 54355 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_41_64kb_1", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_41_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.24, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "Yet always contented and busy was he With that vocal recurrence of \"Fiddle dee dee.\" Hard by lived a brave little soldier of four, That weird iteration repented him sore; \"I prithee, Dear Mother Mine!", "YET ALWAYS CONTENTED AND BUSY WAS HE WITH THAT VOCAL RECURRENCE OF FIDDLE DY HARD BY LIPPED A BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER OF FOUR THAT WEIRD ITERATION REPENTED HIM SORE I PRITHEE DEAR MOTHER MINE" ], "pre_texts": [ "y thought they wuz helpin' his boat ashore-- Till they spoke no more. But Fisherman Jim lived on and on, Castin' his nets an' sailin' the sea; As a man will live when his heart is gone, Fisherman Jim lived hopelessly, Till once in those years they come an' said: \"Old Fisherman Jim is powerful sick-- Go to him, quick!\" Then Fisherman Jim says he to me: \"It's a long, long cruise-you understand-- But over beyont the ragin' sea I kin see my boys on the shinin' sand Waitin' to help this ol' hulk ashore, Just as they used to--ah, mate, you know!-- In the long ago.\" No, sir! he wuzn't afeard to die; For all night long he seemed to see His little boys of the days gone by, An' to hear sweet voices forgot by me! An' just as the mornin' sun come up-- \"They're holdin' me by the hands!\" he cried, An' so he died. \"FIDDLE-DEE-DEE\" There once was a bird that lived up in a tree, And all he could whistle was \"Fiddle-dee-dee\"-- A very provoking, unmusical song For one to be whistling the summer day long!", " FIDDLE D FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT EL I B R I VO X DAT O'ARGI RECORDING WESQUIDWASH LAKOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD FIDDLE DY DARCE WAS A BIRD THAT LIVED UP IN A TREE AND ALL HE COULD WHISTLE WAS FIDDLE D A VERY PROVOKING UNMUSICAL SONG FOR ONE TO BE WHISTLING THIS SUMMER DAY LONG" ], "begin_byte": 54791, "end_byte": 54991 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_41_64kb_2", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_41_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 12.239, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "The brave little soldier quoth never a word, But he up and he drew a straight bead on that bird; And, while that vain creature provokingly sang, The gun it went off with a terrible bang!", "THE BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER QUOTH NEVER A WORD AND THE UPPONE DREW A STRAIGHT BEAT ON THAT BIRD AND WHILE THAT VAIN CREATURE PROVOKINGLY SANG THE GUNNET WENT OFF WITH A TERRIBLE BANG" ], "pre_texts": [ "o see His little boys of the days gone by, An' to hear sweet voices forgot by me! An' just as the mornin' sun come up-- \"They're holdin' me by the hands!\" he cried, An' so he died. \"FIDDLE-DEE-DEE\" There once was a bird that lived up in a tree, And all he could whistle was \"Fiddle-dee-dee\"-- A very provoking, unmusical song For one to be whistling the summer day long! Yet always contented and busy was he With that vocal recurrence of \"Fiddle-dee-dee.\" Hard by lived a brave little soldier of four, That weird iteration repented him sore; \"I prithee, Dear-Mother-Mine! fetch me my gun, For, by our St. Didy! the deed must be done That shall presently rid all creation and me Of that ominous bird and his 'Fiddle-dee-dee'!\" Then out came Dear-Mother-Mine, bringing her son His awfully truculent little red gun; The stock was of pine and the barrel of tin, The \"bang\" it came out where the bullet went in-- The right kind of weapon I think you'll agree For slaying all fowl that go \"Fiddle-dee-dee\"!", "NGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT EL I B R I VO X DAT O'ARGI RECORDING WESQUIDWASH LAKOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD FIDDLE DY DARCE WAS A BIRD THAT LIVED UP IN A TREE AND ALL HE COULD WHISTLE WAS FIDDLE D A VERY PROVOKING UNMUSICAL SONG FOR ONE TO BE WHISTLING THIS SUMMER DAY LONG YET ALWAYS CONTENTED AND BUSY WAS HE WITH THAT VOCAL RECURRENCE OF FIDDLE DY HARD BY LIPPED A BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER OF FOUR THAT WEIRD ITERATION REPENTED HIM SORE I PRITHEE DEAR MOTHER MINE FETCH ME MY GUN FOR BY OUR SAINT DIDDIE THE DEED MUST BE DONE THAT SHALL PRESENTLY RID ON CREATION AND ME OF THAT OMINOUS BIRD AND HIS FIDDLE D THEN OUT CAME DEAR MOTHER MINE BRINGING HER SON HIS AWFULLY TRUCULENT LITTLE RED GUN THE STOCK WAS OF PINE AND THE BARREL OF TIN THE BANG IT CAME OUT WHEN A BULLET WENT IN THE RIGHT KIND OF WEAAPON I THINK YOU'LL AGREE FOR SLAYING ALL FOUL THAT GO BRIDDLE D" ], "begin_byte": 55421, "end_byte": 55607 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/shortpoetry_026_librivox_64kb_mp3/excelsior_longfellow_sv_64kb_4", "recording_id": "large/1281/shortpoetry_026_librivox_64kb_mp3/excelsior_longfellow_sv_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 11.88, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "In happy homes he saw the lightOf household fires gleam warm and bright;Above, the spectral glaciers shone,And from his lips escaped a groan,Excelsior!", "IN HAPPY HOMES HE SAW THE LIGHT OF HOUSEHOLD FIRES GLEAM WARM AND BRIGHT ABOVE THE SPECTRAL GLACIERS SHONE AND FROM HIS LIPS ESCAPED A GROAN EXCELSIOR" ], "pre_texts": [ ", then parting, talons loosing, Upward again on slow-firm pinions slanting, their separate diverse flight, She hers, he his, pursuing. Walt Whitman (1880) Poets' Corner - Home | The Other Pages ©1994-2020 Poets' Corner Editorial Staff, All Rights Reserved Worldwide 62 Excelsior - Collection at Bartleby.com Reference Verse Fiction Nonfiction à Subjects Titles Authors Essays Learn Thesaurus Quotations English Usage Skip to the content Home » Yale Book of American Verse » 62 Excelsior Previous Article Next Article Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838â1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807–1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 62 Excelsior THE SHADES of night were falling fast,As through an Alpine village passedA youth, who bore, ’mid snow and ice,A banner with the strange device,Excelsior!His brow was sad; his eye beneath,Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,And like a silver clarion rungThe accents of that unknown tongue,Excelsior!", " EXCELSIOR BY HENRY WALDSWORTH LONGFELLOW READ FOR LIEBERVOCK STUDWORK BY SQUID VASILOUKHOVA FOUND AT FRISCO DASH SQUID DOT BLOG SPOT DOT KALM EXCELSIOR THE SHADES OF NIGHT WERE FALLING FAST AS THROUGH AN ALPINE VILLAGE PASSED A YOUTH WHO BORE AMID SNOW AND ICE A BANNER WITH A STRANGE DEVICE EXCELSIOR HIS BROW WAS SAD HIS EYE BENEATH FLASHED LIKE A FALSCHION FROM ITS SHEATH AND LIKE A SILVER CLARION RUNG THE ACCENTS OF THAT UNKNOWN TONGUE EXCELSIOR" ], "begin_byte": 41521, "end_byte": 41671 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_00_64kb_1", "recording_id": "large/1281/lovesongs_sv_librivox_64kb_mp3/love-songs_field_00_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 17.68, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "1281", "custom": { "texts": [ "But you are more beautiful now; for, in the years that have come and gone since then, the joys and the sorrows of maternity have impressed their saintly grace upon the dear face I used to kiss, and have made your gentle heart gentler still.", "BUT YOU ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL NOW FOR IN THE YEARS THAT HAVE COME AND GONE SINCE THEN THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF MATERNITY HAVE IMPRESSED THEIR SAINTLY GRACE UPON THE DEAR FACE I USED TO KISS AND HAVE MADE YOUR GENTLE HEART GENTLER STILL" ], "pre_texts": [ "The Project Gutenberg EBook of Love-Songs of Childhood, by Eugene Field This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Love-Songs of Childhood Author: Eugene Field Posting Date: January 8, 2009 [EBook #2670] Release Date: June, 2001 Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LOVE-SONGS OF CHILDHOOD *** Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer LOVE-SONGS OF CHILDHOOD By Eugene Field To Mrs. Belle Angler Dearest Aunt: Many years ago you used to rock me to sleep, cradling me in your arms and singing me petty songs. Surely you have not forgotten that time, and I recall it with tenderness. You were very beautiful then.", " LOVE INTRODUCTION FROM LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX ACCORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FROM MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT ELLI BIR I VIO X STADAWARGI RECORDING WESQUID VALOUKHOVA LOVE SONGS OF CHILDHOOD BY EUGENE FIELD INTRODUCTION TO MISSUS BELL ANGLER DEAREST AUNT MANY YEARS AGO YOU USED TO ROCK ME TO SLEEP CRADLING ME IN YOUR ARMS AND SINGING ME PRETTY SONGS SURELY YOU HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT TIME AND I RECALL IT WITH TENDERNESS YOU ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL THEN" ], "begin_byte": 840, "end_byte": 1080 } } ]

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