
A New Year’s Song By Edgar Albert Guest
A New Year’s Song Love and laughter lead you Down the pathways of the year, And may each morning feed you From …
A New Year’s Song Love and laughter lead you Down the pathways of the year, And may each morning feed you From …
A Pat On The Back A PAT on the back is a wonderful thing, It gives a man courage to whistle and …
A Patriot It’s funny when a feller wants to do his little bit, And wants to wear a uniform and lug a …
A Patriotic Creed To serve my country day by day At any humble post I may; To honor and respect her flag, …
A Patriotic Wish I’d like to be the sort of man the flag could boast about; I’d like to be the sort …
A Personal View Of War I NEVER pondered much on war, Except to think it was inspiring To have a cause to …
A Place At The Top THERE’S a place for you at the top, my boy, Are you willing to try to get …
A Plea GOD grant me these: the strength to do Some needed service here; The wisdom to be brave and true; The …
A Prayer God grant me kindly thought And patience through the day, And in the things I’ve wrought Let no man living …
A Preference I”D rather be considered dull Than use my brain denouncing things; I’d rather not be critical And utter words that …
A Scare There are noises that freeze up the blood, There’s the sound of the burglar at night As he’s picking the …
A Real Thriller We were speakin’ of excitement, an’ the hair upliftin’ thrills That sorter dot life’s landscape, like the bill board …
A Song Rough be the road and long, Steep be the hills ahead, Grant that my faith be strong, Fearlessly let me …
A Successful Dad OTHERS may laugh at my feeble endeavor To capture life’s prizes, and others may sneer; The whole world may …
A Suggestion IF you’ve grumbled through the day Without driving care away, If in spite of all your grouches Troubles on you …
A Toast To Happiness To happiness I raise my glass, The goal of every human, The hope of every clan and class …
A Toast To The Men Here’s to the men! Since Adam’s time They’ve always been the same; Whenever anything goes wrong, The …
A Valentine YOUR cheeks are pinker than the rose, Your eyes are bluer than the skies; Than you no fairer blossom grows, …
A Vanished Joy When I was but a little lad of six and seven and eight, One joy I knew that has …
A Vow I might not ever scale the mountain heights Where all the great men stand in glory now; I may not …
A Wish I’d like to be a boy again, a care-free prince of joy again, I’d like to tread the hills and …
A Warm House And A Ruddy Fire A warm house and a ruddy fire, To what more can man aspire? Eyes that …
A Woman’s Love There are times a woman’s love Fer a man stands out, I guess, More ‘n usual, like as when …
A Woman’s Ways IT ‘S human for a woman To enjoy a little cry; Though a man will grin and bear ’em …
A Wonderful World IT ‘S a wonderful world when you sum it all up, And we ought to be glad we are …
A Year’s New Wish MAY all your little cares depart By which your heart is troubled; May perfect peace supplant the smart, …
About Boys Show me the boy who never threw A stone at someone’s cat; Or never hurled a snowball swift At someone’s …
Accomplished Care All things grow lovely in a little while, The brush of memory paints a canvas fair; The dead face through …
Afraid Of His Dad Bill Jones, who goes to school with me, Is the saddest boy I ever see. He’s just so …
After A Proposal IS IT so sudden? Then did you believe, dear, Those evenings I called at your flat And lovingly, longingly …
After All Is Said And Done AFTER all is said and done, After all the work and fun, After all the sighing’s …
All For The Best Things mostly happen for the best. However hard it seems to-day, When some fond plan has gone astray …
All That Matters When all that matters shall be written down And the long record of our years is told, Where sham, …
Alone Strange thoughts come to the man alone; ‘Tis then, if ever, he talks with God, And views himself as a single …
Along The Paths O’ Glory Along the paths o’ glory there are faces new to-day, There are youthful hearts and sturdy that …
Ambition If you would rise above the throng And seek the crown of fame, You must do more than drift along And …
America God has been good to men. He gave His Only Son their souls to save, And then he made a second …
An Ode To Nellie AH Nellie, you were always fair, and you were always good and true, I’ve sung about your wealth …
An Easy World It’s an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so; You never need to suffer, …
An Apple Tree In France An apple tree beside the way, Drinking the sunshine day by day According to the Master’s plan, …
An Old-Fashioned Welcome There’s nothing cheers a fellow up just like a hearty greeting, A handclasp and an honest smile that flash …
An Uncle BEIN’ uncle to the kids, Laughin’ lips an’ drowsy lids Grimy hands an’ tattered clothes, Cheeks as red as any …
Another Mouth To Feed We’ve got another mouth to feed, From out our little store; To satisfy another’s need Is now my …
Answering Age AGE is calling to me, with his finger long and grim, It is urging me to wander down the dreary …
Answering The Grumblers When night time comes an’ I can go Back to the folks who love me so, An’ see ’em …
Answering The Usual Questions My name is Johnny Vincent Brown, I live on Leicester Court, My Pa’s not here, he’s gone downtown, …
April Thoughts Listen to the laughter of the brook that’s racin’ by! Listen to the chatter of the black-birds on the fence! …
Arcady Where is the road to Arcady, Where is the path that leads to peace, Where shall I find the bliss to …
As Fall The Leaves As fall the leaves, so drop the days In silence from the tree of life; Born for a …
As It Goes In the corner she’s left the mechanical toy, On the chair is her Teddy Bear fine; The things that …
As It Is I might wish the world were better, I might sit around and sigh For a water that is wetter …
As It Looks To The Boy His comrades have enlisted, but his mother bids him stay, His soul is sick with coward …
As We Prayed Often as we watched her there From our lips there fell this prayer, ‘God, give us the pain to …
At Breakfast Time My Pa he eats his breakfast in a funny sort of way: We hardly ever see him at the …
At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when …
At Dawn They come to my room at the break of the day, With their faces all smiles and their minds full …
At Pelletier’s We’ve been out to Pelletier’s Brushing off the stain of years, Quitting all the moods of men And been boys …
At Sugar Camp At Sugar Camp the cook is kind And laughs the laugh we knew as boys; And there we slip …
At The Cottage SHE wanted to be asked again, And so she wiped the dishes, She took a knife, and with the …
At The Door He wiped his shoes before his door, But ere he entered he did more; ‘Twas not enough to cleanse …