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Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!Introducing this author to LibriVox. His work was widely published in newspapers and magazines during his lifetime, and he authored at least one book titled “The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems” (1897) (Summary by David Lawrence)
This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: shyWRT1Z
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Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
Leave ½ to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:The Dam below the Mill by George W. Doneghy, read for librivox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, and/or your location.]
At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:The Springtime am a-comin', and the dogwood soon will bloom,
With the blossoms ten times thicker than the green leaves are in June,
And if yer want some pleasure that I nominate divine,
Just git yer minnow bucket, and yer hook and pole and line,
And slip away some mornin', when the weather's bright and still,
And hang a four-pound jumper at the dam below the mill!
There are lots of other pleasures in the old world here below,
And a mighty heap of happiness a feller 'll never know—
But never mind about 'em—just yer slip away and feel
That something so delectable that over yer will steal;
For it sets the pulses beatin' with a magic kind of thrill
When yer hang a four-pound jumper at the dam below the mill!
When yer 'gin to take the fever, and yer feel it comin' on,
Why yer boun' ter go a-fishin', just as shore as yer born;
Then ye'd better git yer trapping's in the proper kind o' fix,
And go and hear the music when yer reel a-spinnin' clicks;
For he rushes through the water at a pace that's fit ter kill
When yer hang a four-pound jumper at the dam below the mill!
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: dambelowthemill_doneghy_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. dambelowthemill_doneghy_klh_128kb.mp3)
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