At the Denver House, a hastily erected log structure roofed and partitioned with canvas, described by Horace Greeley in 1859 as "T...he Astor House of the Gold Fields," orchestra leader Jones and his spirited men were interrupted by sporadic but not unforeseen bursts of gunfire that sent them diving for shelter behind a low iron-plated enclosure. Before the smoke had fairly cleared away, they were up again desperately playing and singing: Ha, boys, ho! Ain't you glad you're out of the wilderness, Ain't you glad you're out of the wilderness? Ha, boys, ho!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
St. Joseph in 1859 had the bustling appearance of a great fair, with excited travelers preparing to make the plains journey in pra...irie schooners, "rickety old farm wagons," and even small two-wheeled push carts. many bore such mottoes as--"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady," "I Dare," "For Pike's Peak Ho." Before long many were to return, disappointed in their search for gold, hungry, ragged, and dispirited, their brave wagon boasts changed to "Prodigal Son," "Pike's Hell," "A Fool Is Born."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As I sat at the cafe, I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,... They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking, But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho! How pleasant it is to have money.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seam...an), and our own Ronald Reagan.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nature herself her shape admires; The gods are wounded in her sight;... And Love forsakes his heavenly fires And at her eyes his brand doth light: Heigh ho, would she were mine!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Since for a fair there's fairer none, Nor for her virtues so divine:... Heigh ho, fair Rosaline! Heigh ho, my heart! would God that she were mine!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ha, ha, my ship! thou mightiest well be taken now for the sea- chariot of the sun. Ho, ho! all ye nations before my prow, I bring ...the sun to ye! Yoke on the further billows ... I drive the sea!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A frog he would a-wooing go, Heigh ho! says Rowley,... Whether his mother would let him or no. With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach, Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »