Since Hiram Went To Yale 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 December 2010
2010

Old Silas Greene,
a good old soul,
hitched up his horse one day,
to meet the son
that he had sent
to college far away.
'Twas just a year since Hiram
left the scent of new mown hay;
But this was what his father saw that day.
A pair of trousers turned way up,
altho' it wasn't wet,
A coat with padded shoulders,
with a lot of room to let,
A mister Wise expression
hid behind a cigarette,
and those around old Silas
heard him say.

Hiram, oh Hiram,
there's no more hope for you,
I loved you as a father
and your mother loved you too.
I'm broken hearted
I'm getting thin and pale;
For durned, if he don't act the fool,
since Hiram went to Yale.

Hiram, oh Hiram,
there's no more hope for you,
I loved you as a father
and your mother loved you too.
I'm broken hearted
I'm getting thin and pale;
For durned, if he don't act the fool,
since Hiram went to Yale.

He used to hoe a row of corn
and hoe it very well.
But now the only row he knows,
is how to row a shell;
We've tried our best
to get him
to let mother cut his hair,
It's way too long
but Hiram doesn't care.
He used to know
just how to feed
the horses oats and hay;
But now he says
that he has learned,
since he has been away,
He really doesn't know a thing
about a horse today,
and no one out at Sheepshead ever did.

Hiram, oh Hiram,
there's no more hope for you,
I loved you as a father
and your mother loved you too.
I'm broken hearted
I'm getting thin and pale;
For durned, if he don't act the fool,
since Hiram went to Yale.

Hiram, oh Hiram,
there's no more hope for you,
I loved you as a father
and your mother loved you too.
I'm broken hearted
I'm getting thin and pale;
For durned, if he don't act the fool,
since Hiram went to Yale.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Since Hiram Went To Yale 1906
Music by Egbert van Alstyne
Lyrics by Harry Williams
© MCMVI by Jerome H.Remick & Co.
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sequence by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 03 December 2010 at 17.48
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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