All Is Not Gold That Glitters

Come Gather ’round all you kids And listen to my story, About some of the trials and temptations You will find on the road to glory. You go to school for many years, To get your education. Then you start out with high hopes Of climbing to some high station. Some will get a job, some will not. They don’t like this nor that. They want to be “big league”, and talk big, But they are only “talking...

The Almighty Dollar

I have never made much money, Nor acquired many worldly goods. But I have had a lot of fun exploring, The rugged hills and woods. I have sat by many a campfire, In wild and lonely places. And in the leaping flames could see Myriads of tormented faces. Of people grubbing their lives away, Chasing the almighty dollar. If a single one eludes them, They set up an awful holler. Some slave and toil and till the soil, The very...

The Miners Hymn

Rock of Ages, cleft by me, Let me find, some gold in Thee. Find some gold, and silver too, Or a lot, of lead would do. Rock of Ages, share with me, The sight of gold, I want to see. Through desert heat, and arctic cold, I have searched, this land for gold. Many a mile, on tired feet, No water to drink, and naught to eat. Rock of Ages, don’t torture me, Release Thy gold, and set it free. Sometime soon, as a surprise, Please...

Time Payment Plan

You and your wife, led a joyful life, Until you started buying On the installment plan, but now you can Get joy from thoughts of dying. There are payments due upon the car, Also on the electric washer. Due on everything, inside and out, And the duns are getting harsher. You are a wreck, your measly check Just won’t go halfway ‘round. That pay monthly pest, won’t let you rest, ‘Till you are underground. But even then, the box...