Doctor Leeds' Selection of Popular Epic Recitations for Minstrel and Stage UseA rare collection of 195 barroom story-poems including over 150 that have not been published in over 100 years. Most were recited by minstrels who traveled the old West and performed them on kerosine lit tavern stages. These poems were gathered from all over the world. No profanity. |
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Contents
DEDICATION | 11 |
A Little Angel | 17 |
A Tale Of Conscious Virtue | 26 |
Always Finish | 32 |
Ballad Of Christmas Present | 38 |
Buying Loyalty | 44 |
Casey Twenty Years Later S P McDonald | 48 |
Dogs For Disposal Margaret M Mackay | 56 |
The Betrothed Rudyard Kipling | 179 |
The Clink Of The Ice Eugene Field | 185 |
The Dancer Faith Frances Berlin | 194 |
The Defective Mirror Michele S Kurlander | 201 |
The Female Of The Species Rudyard Kipling | 209 |
The Great Provider Bill Foster | 216 |
The Homecoming Royal L Craig | 222 |
The Raven Edgar Allen Poe 247 | 225 |
Gunga Din Kipling | 67 |
High Flight John Gillespie Magee | 73 |
Am The Tears Sherry Sharp | 81 |
Jim Bludso Col John Hay | 88 |
Light Shining Out of Darkness William Cowper | 94 |
Lonely Walker 75 | 100 |
McCaffery Unknown | 103 |
My Dog Burr McIntosh 85 | 109 |
Our Lips And Ears Unknown 149 | 122 |
Paw Marks W J Hickmott Jr | 129 |
Rags Edmund Vance Cooke | 136 |
She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured William B Gray | 143 |
That Cocker Spaniel Mutt Bo Tandy Magruder | 150 |
The Ballad Of Me And Sourdough Dan James Ploss | 156 |
The Last Of The Light Brigade Rudyard Kipling 183 | 228 |
The Man He Killed Thomas Hardy 217 | 234 |
The Nuisance Margaret Mackprang Mackay 151 | 240 |
The Rodeo Clown James Ploss | 269 |
The SeaWife Rudyard Kipling | 275 |
The Vagabond And His Dog Robert X Leeds 8 | 281 |
The Womans Resolution Edward L Wier | 287 |
The Young British Soldier Rudyard Kipling | 294 |
TurnAbout W Williams 203 | 300 |
Who Shared Her View Douglas Kruger | 308 |
Wits End Linda Robertson | 314 |
Woman Linda Robertson 215 | 328 |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Doctor Leeds' Selection of Popular Epic Recitations for Minstrel and Stage Use |
| Editor | Robert X. Leeds |
| Compiled by | Robert X. Leeds |
| Publisher | Epic Publishing Company, Inc, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0967402506, 9780967402505 |
| Length | 332 pages |
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