RECREATION. 



XXXI 



MOUNTAIN SONGSTERS. 



FRANK WHITE. 



It is out here in the mountains 



That the burros sing their song; 

 The melody's not the sweetest, 



But then it's loud and long; 

 It echoes from the hilltops 



To the valleys far below, 

 It is music to the miner 



As he toils along so slow. 



These meek and lowly burros, 



When you turn them out at night, 

 Will feed around your camp fire, 



And you think that they're all right. 

 But get up in the morning, 



In the grew of early dawn, 

 And on looking for your burros 



You will find the critters gone. 



Then you start out to hunt them 



On a raw and foggy morn. 

 Hark! No, that's not Shorty; 



Must be Gabriel with his horn. 

 A mile away you lose their trail, 



But other weary miles you tramp, 

 Till, wet and hungry, mad clear through, 



You wander sadly back to camp. 



Then, while you cook your breakfast 



You have lots of time to swear; 

 You curse those wandering burros 



And damn their bones and hides and hair. 

 Then you hear the rocks a-clicking, 



Footsteps pattering just behind 

 Make you look up. Hello, Shorty. 



Jerry, here's your bacon rind. 



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J. C. Low, Philadelphia. 



As a constant reader of Recreation, I 

 wish to express my admiration for the 

 manner in which you read the riot act to the 

 game hogs. I hope you will slaughter them 

 all, and serve them up to your readers from 

 time to time, with a dash of Tabasco sauce, 

 garnished with lettuce and stuffed olives,. 

 Mrs. C. Denelsbeck, Ozone Park, L. I. 



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