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Subject: Lyr Add: IN THE DAYS WHEN I WAS HARD UP From: Jim Dixon Date: 23 Nov 09 - 09:34 AM From The Library of Congress American Memory Collection: IN THE DAYS WHEN I WAS HARD UP. In the days when I was hard up, not many years ago, I suffered that which only can the sons of misery know; Relations, friends, companions, they all turned up their nose, And they rated me a vagabond for want of better clothes. In the days when I was hard up, for want of food and fire, I used to tie my shoes up with little bits of wire; When hungry, cold, cast on a rock, and could not get a meal, How oft I've beat the devil down for tempting me to steal. In the days when I was hard up, for furniture and drugs, Many a summer's night I've held communion with the bugs; I never faced them with a pike, or smashed them on the wall, I said the world was wide enough, there's room enough for all. In the days when I was hard up, I used to lock my door, For fear the landlady should say you can't lodge here no more; From my own back drawing room, about ten feet by six, In the workhouse wall just opposite, I've counted all the bricks. In the days when I was hard up, I bowed my spirits down, And often have I sought a friend to borrow half-a-crown; How many are there in this world whose evils I can scan, The shabby suit of toggery, but cannot see the man. In the days when I was hard up, I found a blissful hope, It's all a poor man's heritage to keep him from the rope; Now I've found a good old maxim, and this shall be my plan. Altho' I wear a ragged coat, I'll wear it like a man. Andrews, Printer, 38 Chatham St., N. Y., Songs, Games, Toys, Books Motto Verses, &c., Wholesale and Retail. |
Subject: RE: In the days that I was hard up From: Garry H. Date: 08 Oct 98 - 08:50 PM Thought I would give this one more run through the ranks in case someone can add to it. |
Subject: In the days that I was hard up From: Garry H. Date: 05 Oct 98 - 10:34 PM Does anyone know any more verses to this old folk song? 1. Through heat and cold and poverty I scarce could get a meal I've often beat the devil down for tempting me to steal Ch: In the days that I was hard up I never shall forget2. There in yonder's drawing room whose height is 36 A workshop on the other side I've often counted the bricks |
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