Samuel Woodworth

“ D.C.
2. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure—
For often, at noon, when returned from the field,
I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure,
The purest and sweetest that nature can yield;
How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing,
And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell—
Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing.
And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well—
The old oaken bucket — the iron-bound bucket—
The moss-covered bucket arose from the well.
3. ”

“ Remember what our trade is;
Just send for us Kentucky boys,
And we'll protect ye, ladies.
Oh Kentucky, &c.
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“ THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.
Samuel Woodworth. G. Kiallmark.
(Air: Araby's Daughter.)
How dear to this heart are the scenes of my child-hood, When
The or - chard, the mead - ow, the deep - tan - gled wild- wood, And
d.c. ”