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Subject: COUNTRY DANCES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DANCE BY THE ROADSIDE, by GUSTAF FRODING    Poem Source                    
First Line: They danced by the roadside on saturday night
Subject(s): Country Dances


JAMMING WITH THE BAND AT THE VFW, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I played old country and western
Last Line: And rhinestone earrings, moving suddenly toward me.
Subject(s): Atlanta, Georgia; Country Dances; Country Life; Country Music; Poetry & Poets


MARLBOROUGH FAIR, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I warr'nt our street be near so wide
Last Line: And the long down is whispering low 'goodnight.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Abandonment; Amusement Parks; Animals; Children; Churchyards; Circus; Country Dances; Country Life; Entertainers; Festivals; Fiddles; Games; Guns; Lions; Marlborough, England; Merry-go-grounds; Mourning; Musical Instruments; Night; Pleasure; Desertion; C


SHINDIG IN THE COUNTRY, by D. A. ELLSWORTH    Poem Text                    
Last Line: Like the old shin-dig!
Subject(s): Country Dances; Dancing & Dancers