RILEY

SONGS OF HOME

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

WITH PICTURES BY

WILL VAWTER

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

1910

BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

TO

GEORGE A. CARR

CONTENTS

AS CREATED56
AS MY UNCLE USED TO SAY 126
AT SEA 160
BACKWARD LOOK, A 155
BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH, THE 123
BOYS, THE 104
"BRAVE REFRAIN, A" 113
DREAMER, SAY 61
FEEL IN THE CHRIS'MAS AIR 52
FOR YOU 50
GOOD MAN, A 132
HER BEAUTIFUL HANDS 189
HIS ROOM 38
HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB 125
"HOW DID YOU REST, LAST NIGHT?" 94
IN THE EVENING 115
IT'S GOT TO BE 107
JACK-IN-THE-BOX 100
JIM 117
JOHN MCKEEN 165
JUST TO BE GOOD 26
KNEELING WITH HERRICK 138
LAUGHTER HOLDING BOTH HIS SIDES 81
MULBERRY TREE, THE 46
MY DANCIN' DAYS IS OVER 184
MY FRIEND 29
NATURAL PERVERSITIES 70
NOT ALWAYS GLAD WHEN WE SMILE 36
OLD DAYS, THE 135
OLD GUITAR, THE 161
OLD TRUNDLE-BED, THE 64
OUR BOYHOOD HAUNTS 182
OUR KIND OF A MAN 92
OUR OWN 63
"OUT OF REACH?"