12-12-2025, 02:06 PM -
(12-12-2025, 01:18 AM)Josh21 Wrote: Once again, beat the saints!
Hobb, love ure additions. What region n era? Thinking early 1900”s southern..
You know, Josh.... I'm not sure. He was born in 1862 and died in NY in 1942. Most of his "famous" work was done in the early 1900s as you guessed. He was most famous as an American playwright, but also wrote prose. He published two novels (I think only two..??). Anyway, this little ditty came out of the fairly early 1900s for certain. He was born in Missouri and lived there as well as the northeast in Connecticut and New York. So, not particularly "southern" -- although exactly when and where he wrote this, I'm just not sure.
My copy was published in "The Best Loved Poems Of The American People" in 1936. So it was obviously written before that....
"A Reasoned Response From A Reasonable Mind"