The Wagon WheelLittle, Brown,, 1923 - 320 pages |
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Page 35 - I'm going to Louisiana, My true love for to see It rained all night The day I left The weather it was dry The sun so hot, I froze to death Susanna, don't you cry Oh, Susanna, Oh don't you cry for me For I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee...
Page 309 - It matters little now, Lorena, The past is in the eternal past; Our heads will soon lie low, Lorena, Life's tide is ebbing out so fast. There is a Future! O, thank God, Of life this is so small a part! Tis dust to dust beneath the sod; But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart.
Page 182 - On holding the defendant to answer, the magistrate may take from each of the material witnesses examined before him on the part of the people a written undertaking, to the effect that he will appear and testify at the court to which the depositions and statements are to be sent, or that he will forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars.
Page 182 - ... which the action is pending is satisfied, by proof on oath, that there is reason to believe that any such witness will not appear and testify unless security is required, he may order the witness to enter into a written undertaking, with sureties, in such sum as he may deem proper, for his appearance as specified in the preceding section.
Page 243 - Oh! Have you seen my little girl, She doesn't wear a bonnet. She's got a monstrous flip-flop hat With cherry ribbons on it; She dresses in bed furniture Just like a flower garden A blowin' and a growin' And they call it Dolly Varden.
Page 188 - That'll give you time enough to look around and make up your mind exactly what it is you want to do.
Page 182 - ... meet, for his appearance, as specified in the last section. SEC. 168. Infants and married women, who are material witnesses against the defendant, may in like manner be required to procure sureties for their appearance, as provided in the last section. SEC. 169. If a witness required to enter into a recognizance to appear and testify, either with or without sureties, refuse compliance with the order for that purpose, the magistrate shall commit him to prison until he comply or be legally discharged.
Page 139 - Jessie stamped her foot with indignation. " You are the rudest man I ever met in all my life." " Then you should be glad to have sailed in this ship. Experience is useful. Think how many times, when you are at a loss over the dinner-table, you can begin with the
Page 61 - How many times do you want me to tell you that I wasn't?
Page 243 - Oh, have you seen my little girl ? She doesn't wear a bonnet, She's got a monstrous flip-flop hat with cherry ribbons on it, She dresses in tuf-taffety, just like a flower garden, A-blowin' and a-growin' and they call it Dolly Varden.