Ben King's Verse
Benjamin King
109 chapters · 3 h 36 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, GentleJim, Melanie T, Phil Schempf, Ilia Tivin, Katherine Rivera and others
Poetry
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This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous during his lifetime, and is still widely referenced and quoted until today. This volume was published in Chicago after his death, reportedly outselling any other volume of poetry in Michigan for 25 years after being published. It is also prefaced by two short biographies by John McGovern and Opie Read. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1 Introduction by John McGovern 4 min 2 Biography by Opie Read 3 min 3 If I Should Die 1 min 4 Say When, and Say It 2 min 5 Gittin' My Soul Inter Shape 2 min 6 Evolution 3 min 7 Gedder in Yo' Grain 1 min 8 Jane Jones 3 min 9 Elopement 1 min 10 Her Folks an' Hiz'n 2 min 11 The Yaller Jackets' Nest 2 min 12 How Hank Died 2 min 13 How Often 1 min 14 Renton Harbor, Mich 3 min 15 Asphodel 1 min 16 The Flowers' Ball 3 min 17 De Sun's Comin' Back 1 min 18 The River St. Joe 2 min 19 The Robin and the Chicken 1 min 20 Baby Up at Battenberg's 1 min 21 No Harm Done 4 min 22 The Fates 2 min 23 Paraphrase 4 min 24 If I can be by Her 2 min 25 Toboggan 2 min 26 De Bugel on de Hill 3 min 27 Old St. Joe 3 min 28 The Tramp 1 min 29 The Chautauquan Maid 2 min 30 I'm a Bluejay 1 min 31 'Rastus King 2 min 32 That Valentine 1 min 33 De Good Ship 1 min 34 A Casual Observation 1 min 35 Like the New Friends Best 2 min 36 A Negro Song of Home 2 min 37 S'posin' 1 min 38 Little 'Rasmus 2 min 39 Nobody Knows 1 min 40 She does not Hear 2 min 41 Down the Mississippi 3 min 42 The Mermaid 2 min 43 De Blackbird Fetched de Spring 2 min 44 Appearances 1 min 45 The Girl with the Jersey 1 min 46 If my Wife Taught School 2 min 47 The Old Spinning Wheel 2 min 48 The Owl and the Crow 1 min 49 De Clouds am Gwin ter Pass 2 min 50 A Summer's Afternoon 2 min 51 I Fed the Fishes 3 min 52 Ole Bossie Cow 1 min 53 That Cat 1 min 54 A Frog's Thanksgiving 1 min 55 Lovey-Loves 1 min 56 Hank Spink 1 min 57 The Nile 1 min 58 Like de Ole Mule Bes' 3 min 59 De Ribber ob Life 2 min 60 The Cat o' Nine Tails 2 min 61 The Hair-Tonic Bottle 1 min 62 De Circus Turkey 3 min 63 Sofie Jakobowski 9 min 64 Sunrise 1 min 65 The Woodticks 2 min 66 Didn't we, Jim? 2 min 67 The Post-Driver 1 min 68 Lef' de Ole Hoss Out 1 min 69 Ec-A-Lec-Tic Fits 2 min 70 Keep Him a Baby 2 min 71 Angeliny 1 min 72 De Eyarfquake 2 min 73 The Pessimist 1 min 74 But Then 2 min 75 Presque Isle 2 min 76 Beulah Land 2 min 77 The Blackbird and the Thrush 1 min 78 De Spring-House 2 min 79 Under Obligations 1 min 80 Cleopatra and Charmian 3 min 81 Pinkey 3 min 82 The Bung Town Canal 3 min 83 De Massa 2 min 84 Coonie in de Holler 2 min 85 After Weidenfeller Goes 2 min 86 Zaccheus 4 min 87 A Retrospection 2 min 88 St. Patrick's Day 2 min 89 Injun Summah 1 min 90 'Cause it's Gittin' Spring 2 min 91 Decorate de Cabin 1 min 92 The Ultimatum 1 min 93 Dreamy Days 1 min 94 When the Stage Gits in 2 min 95 The Cultured Girl Again 1 min 96 The Cushville Hop 1 min 97 Gord Only Knows 2 min 98 Jes' Take my Advice 1 min 99 Patriotism and a Pension 2 min 100 The Old Musician's Fate 4 min 101 A Record from 'way back 2 min 102 Thanksgibbin in Ole Virginny 1 min 103 Grave Matters 2 min 104 Comin' Christmas Morn 3 min 105 Sad Fate of Yim Yohnsen 3 min 106 Legend of the St. Joseph 3 min 107 Little Jude 2 min 108 Little Pucken Singer 2 min 109 Down in Walhallalah 2 min
