HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-07-30, Page 31Let poets write their pretty songs:
Let patriot boast of country dear;
But better fat the man who longs.
To make his village record clear;
Muses of classic rhyme disdain.
To lend enchantment to our theme;
Lord BYron, Burits and Thomas Paine.
Have. not-a-line-from which. ±o.
Immortal verse was sung long since
On Scotland's Tweed and Ireland's Shannon -
There's neither poet nor -patriot Prince
To sing, the praises of our. Dungannon.
Charlie. Elliott was with. Young,
Walkom with Ben. Crawford strives
Princely merchants, spurning wrong,
Te serve the public each; one tries.
In winter-time you need a robe,
In spring and summer whip and collar
Dan Male reads the Daily Globe,
He cane fit you without bother
In home and store, in, town and kirk;
,How dark the night without a light;
Se in our town is one Habkirk
Whose oil is simply out of 'sight...
If a house you wish to frame,
0r a barn to hold your haY,
Begley surely has the fame
Of doing ,work that's, sure to stay.
Mitchell, Mole and' Elliott.wlt
Stand alone among the rest,
Thinking doubtless that the bill
Smaller is without 'the, nes • .
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You'll surely find it on a list
If Perchance sonic itaine is missed
Of greater length; so do not whine!
Front this :immortal screed sublime,
We're glad to welcome those who come,
Were sorry when seine go'away,
We hope for all r when work iLdone,
A starry erown, a cloudless day.
Let us be kind and just and true,
For kindness melts the hardest heart;
Justice and truth, twin sisters too,
.1,Arin_the.,,better part.
Three things are sacred and sublime*
Love, life and sweetest liberty;,
.Three things are deathless and divine,
Love, life and God's eternity.
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Between Belfast and struggling Nile,
Upon the .road that leads to town,
A village is' for stir and style
That's hard to beat for miles around.
The greets are few, but they are clean,
The sidewalks, somewhat out of date;
The stores are few, the shops between
In other towns are hard .to mate.
4 Old Ireland here lives o'er again
Iii: name .and accent, tongue, and taste,
For surei-Dungannon is its name --
A firstrate place for man or baste.
The old stage-coach goes rumbling by,
The farmers drive their produce far;
but welmow not-why
They voted down the electric car.
Nature has given us fine location,
'Fields around are rich and rare;
If we only had a station ,
We should be beyond compare.
Churches there are, one, two and three
Enough to make all sinners saints;
A school house small
Where Allen rules without complaint.
Doctors too, are here galore,
Medd and Bice, and T. E. Case,
Tending both the rich and poor,
Some for cash and 'some for grace.
Ploughs and harrows, stoves for Sally,
Kept by friendly Jimmy Rose;
Thompson Will and Will McNally
Make their living by 'their blows.
Suits to order, up to, mark'
Or a mortgage, loan or money
Call upon our townsman Clark
Or upon our wealthy Johnnie,.
Tins and kettles; lamps and Shades
At Whyard's.emporium you will find;
Bread, and biscuit, pie and cakes,
At Treleaven's to your.mind.
Don't forget that Mr. Ward
Keeps an office on maiii street;
He's a man that takes no part.,
In low cunning' or deceit.
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If you want, a day's diversion
Call upon the liveryman;
He can take you .to the station
Faster than Most ethers can.
If you want a splendid ration
Two hotels. are in the place;
Drinking rum will curse a nation,
Drinking beer brings sure disgrace.
Adam Thompson; Harry Jones,
William Rose and 'Cliff O'Neill
Will forsake their former homes
When the bells of marriage peal.
Off the main street, on a side street,
Useful knowledge you will find;
On the corner, all the fresh meat,
Kept by. Mike and. Joseph kind.
Enough of men has now been said,: We'll love; and work, and PrUy., and Walt,'
We turn us to a happier theme, As long as 'Father thinks ifrbest,,
For'Sule our village would be dead And then through .pearlY golden gate
Were 'there no girl to plaint as queen. We'll enter in, with loved ones blest,
To make a diess; to trim a hat.
To, sort our mail, to teach our school,
The :ladies here can do just that ---
That is the right to vote and rule.
—Written by the late Rev. C. M. Rutherford,
minister of Erskine Presbyterian Church.
Metric ---- measure for measure,
it's a better way to measure
Little Tom is sure to hoot. you
if you pay hina .cash enough;
Long-Will-Sproul-is-sure to -suit-you—,
When you can no longer cough.
Working, lOvingi praying, waiting,
While the sun is in the sky,
Trusting; hoping, hoping; trusting,
We need not be afraid to die.
id Vial
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In 1844 Robert, Davidson and his bride, Martha Menary came from Dungannon,
Ireland and took up land in Ashfield next to William Mallough and Martha's
Oster, Jane Menary Mallough. Martha is shown here with her two grand-
daughters, Kathleen, centre, and Evelyn Reed. 1