A PERPETUAL KING
Reading edition
In a King on a throne and a King there to stay, You’ve a friendly old monarch who’s ever upright. There are blessings for you and the men far away, In a King on a throne and a King there to stay. His robe is pure white, but the proud make it gay; Ah, what mercy, what power and amazing foresight In a King on a throne and a King there to stay— You’ve a friendly old monarch who’s ever upright!
THE COTTON GIN
At a cotton gin the King’s made thin, Yet never shows the least chagrin, In his sunny home in Dixie’s land, That rich and poor may live and win. He’s trifled with, but will not sin Amongst his subjects, nor his kin, Although he feels the iron band At a cotton gin. More just the King than a mandarin, And I often think the cherubin Would like themselves to understand His long, rich round, and then command At a cotton gin.
THE COTTON MILL
In Southern climes and the monarch’s mill Weave many a spindle and loom; And lake and lawn, with art’s own skill, In Southern climes and the monarch’s mill; Yes, church and school and much to fill The mind with hope and buoyant bloom— In Southern climes and the monarch’s mill, Weave many a spindle and loom.