UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



FOREST SERVICE 

 TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST 



from the Angolas 



Tho growth of chaparral on Angeles hills, 



A IOEO of religion in our men instils. 

 When ofr ho goes unfortunate gir . 



T/ith never a drop (of water) to drirk. 

 Tor what cares he for hill or glade ! 



John Jones' honester.d nust be surveyed. 

 Ho matter if that hoaestead* lies, 



Deeply buried frori humr.n eyos 

 On trackless waste of desert dim, 



Or stands on end, a hillside grin. 

 His bad: grows stiff, his knees grow lame, 



But the Angeles Hcnger sure is game; 

 And ho sings to himself as he grubs along 



The words of that old familiar song: 

 "Every day '11 be Sunday, by and by. 

 THAT MAN OH THE ANGELES 



And the early dawn of the coming day 



Will find him up and far away, 

 With mattocks, picks and dinner pail; 



A "Cholo" crew; an impassable trail 

 And dyrcmite, two hundred pound 



With which to move this 'dobe ground; 

 And a nercy'tis, six times in seven 



That he isn't blown to well, to Ho&ven. 

 Or surrounded by crates of eucalypts 



His strength expended in digging pits; 

 For the Angeles Forest needs more trees 



To sway in the Heavenly s dutliorh bro e z e . 

 So he wioldo his mattocl: ',;cinst earth and stone, 



*7histling meanwhile in an undertone: 

 "Every little movement has a meaning all its own" 



That weary man on tho Angeles. 



But at night he sits in his cabin door 



And watches the Iiidlots play on tho floor. 

 For the Angelos Hanger's too wise e man 



To live on the Shasta- Tahoe plan; 

 And long ago he annexe-:, for life 



An excellent cook as his wcddec". wife. 

 He scentc tho coming of .^ood thinjs to eat 



rough tho open door of tho kitchen neat. 

 And he lifts hit '^93 to sliyline d. 



^re snow-^pped peako ooem to frown at hi-; 

 And he thinks with Joy as ho goes to dine: 



"No snow-shoes or sklis for mo and mine," 

 With any other nan under Heaven *c done 



I wouldn't change places; there 'o no place like home 

 IP THAT HOUE BE ON THZ ADGILES. 



