Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UP CARR CREEK, by ANN COBB First Line: The ways of the world are a-coming - up cyarr! Last Line: Old folks will bide by the old ways -- up cyarr. Subject(s): Kentucky | ||||||||
The ways of the world are a-coming -- up Cyarr! Biled shirts and neckties, Powder-pots and veils, Pizen fotched-on liquor, Doctor-pills, and ails -- Hit's a sight, all the brash that's a-coming -- up Cyarr! The ways of the mountains are passing -- up Cyarr! Moonshine stills and manhood, Gear to weave and spin, Good old Reg'lar Baptists Preaching hell for sin. Far'well to the old ways a-passing -- up Cyarr! The ways of the world will be holding -- up Cyarr! Sorry ways, the old ways, They've a call to go. Only, when you're grave-bound, Changing's allus slow. Old folks will bide by the old ways -- up Cyarr. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER A VISIT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER KENTUCKY BELLE by CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON WAR-TIME IN THE MOUNTAINS by ANN COBB ANSWER TO DUNBAR'S 'AFTER A VISIT' by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. COURTING IN KENTUCKY by FLORENCE EVELYN PRATT A PEACE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY KENTUCKY PHILOSOPHY by HARRISON ROBERTSON |
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