large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb_79
large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb
English
10939
Seems, too, as if I could hear you laughin' and callin', jist as you did as I toiled up the old New England hill that Chris'mas mornin'  a callin': 'Joel, Joel, Joel  ain't ye ever comin', Joel?' SEEMS TO AS IF I COULD HEAR YOU LOVING AND CALLING JUST AS YOU DID AS I TOLD UP THAT OLD NEW ENGLAND HILL THAT CHRISTMAS MORNING A CALLING JOY JOY JOY AIN'T YE EVER COMING JOYL
nowballed him, too, if we hadn't been afraid of the constable that lived next door. But the ashes didn't bother us much, and every time we slid side-saddle we'd give the ashes a kick, and that sort of scattered 'em." The bare thought of this made Santa Claus laugh. "Goin' on about nine o'clock," said Joel, "the girls come along--Sister Elvira an' Thankful, Prudence Tucker, Belle Yocum, Sophrone Holbrook, Sis Hubbard, an' Marthy Sawyer. Marthy's brother Increase wanted her to ride on _his_ sled, but Marthy allowed that a red sled was her choice every time. 'I don't see how I'm goin' to hold on,' said Marthy. 'Seems as if I would hev my hands full keepin' my things from blowin' away.' 'Don't worry about yourself, Marthy,' sez I, 'for if you'll look after your things, I kind o' calc'late I'll manage not to lose _you_ on the way.' Dear Marthy--seems as if I could see you now, with your tangled hair a-blowin' in the wind, your eyes all bright and sparklin', an' your cheeks as red as apples. S AS FAST AS THEY COULD OH HOW WE HATED HIM AND WE'D HAVE SNOBLED HIM TOO IF WE HADN'T BEEN AFRAID OF THE CONSTABLE THAT LIVED NEXT DOOR BUT THE ASHES DIDN'T BOTHER US MUCH AND EVERY TIME WE SLIT SIDE SADDLE WE'D GIVE THE ASHES A KICK AND THAT SORT OF SCARED EM THE BARE THOUGHT OF THIS MADE SANTA CLAUS LAUGH GOING ON ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK SAY JOE THE GIRLS COME ALONG SISTER ELVIRA AND THANKFUL PRUDENCE TUCKER BILLIOCUM SOPHRON HOLBROOK SEES HABOARD AND MARTHA IS ALL HERE MARTY'S BROTHER INCREASE WANTED HER TO RIDE ON HIS SLED BUT MARTHY ALLOWED THAT A RED SLED WAS HER CHOICE EVERY TIME I DON'T SEE HOW I'M GOING TO HOLD ON SAID MARTHY IT'S AS IF I WOULD HAVE MY HANDS FULL KEEPING MY THINGS FROM BLOWING AWAY DON'T REVOLT YOURSELF MARTHY SAYS I FOR IF YOU'LL LOOK AFTER YOUR THINGS I KIND O CALCULATE I'LL MANAGE NOT TO LOSE YOU ON THE WAY DEAR MARTHY SEEMS AS IF I COULD SEE YOU NOW WITH YOUR TANGLED HAIR A BLOWING IN THE WIND YOUR EYES ALL BRIGHT AND SPARKLING AND YOUR CHEEKS AS RED AS APPLES
large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10939/christmas_tales_and_verse_1612_librivox_64kb_mp3/christmas_05_field_64kb.flac