The San Francisco call. [volume], February 10, 1907, Page 5, Image 5

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3!bfi San Francisco Sunday. Call*
THE GENTLE FOREFATHERS OF THE NATIVE SON
The stately Indian roamed the wood; .
No ax had he with which lo split:
And when it. rained he stood and drained.
Alas, he cared not one damp bit
The Spaniard; held: a lordly sway:/ ;
Hisdayiwas full of Jm'cmd fights: vj
Sombrero Wreathed, his [dagger sheathed,
He made the old guitar 'work nights. » ,
:.,v; Bold' men "ttcr'c : /Acy u?Ao u-'on* /Ac Wesf.
m 77»e f/a// o/ ! fame must hold their clay.
It Was no'srbprlo make the map
Lopsided out' cur golden Way.
On consecrated ; ground, we tread ; '\u25a0 .
• Their life-bload mingled with ; the dew.
%.. The Native Son* is a'sori-of-a-gun
And the sdn of a pistol, too.
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//c proudly viewed his heritage;
Nor copkslpve nor cookbook'had'he:
On acorn dief the tribelwaxed -quiet-
Poor Lo had met ; his - twenty-three.
III;
\u25a0't/The , senorita ,r Won ' hiv hearj~< : _ /
He'd give her > diamond '\u25a0> castanets; ;• ;,\
He'd. /pilch}' right? in/ a^,eam',lherr\^when\
He'd smoked a million \u25a0 cisareUes7 X : \u25a0\u25a0 : ?>A
LouJ .'; rakish * craft sailed in the Gate, .
In/ San : Pnndsco Bay they rolled .
The/Buccaneer we know > was here
because we /find his blooming cold. - -
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Out from/I^ oo York, came \ Fremont s .men,
Pathfinding t through i the/ waving wheat;
And in their hunt/down on .the] Front
They I found old/ muddy Fremont street. >
f -The: Bear ; f7ag Par/y ' a)en/ ; /o ' ZiuW/
iheyrbore^aiSnoW'Whiterap "•;.- r,
heyj yanked « a ' 6ear out of? his j /aw/:
Andimadefther'greal ) Bear"; Fids: ? > :';;
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For , onee ': /nc £ city's lid was on.
''No 'tiger here Ipfbuck!" he cried; ' ;
''Oh,)cursciheluc^!the^^
Then 'he/sailcdi out to /buck/ the tide.
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;• Whenever-. travelers Ipst/ the (road
Fremont fared for thy to ifind/the < tracl(.
He loved to sail/ the crooked .trail
And fetch the : wayward • back '\u25a0\u25a0; r 4
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\ Let s take our banner back to town ;|j
, jye II hotsl- it on the flagpole, yes I- ;1
/Imf nou? ;//jc 'bear wears on ;hls ' hair/W
. F/ic j tales ofgold-jb&w , thousands herei\
And life was one 'glad sizzi^/
/ The pioneer -he/Jtadf no year;. T /,
Hesaid^l^t^'My/^izz^x '.
v F^erhaps^lhe^mine '.wagffitllfof- gold
Ala^ t %if^ughtiwaf^yit']
/He'd/sal^lhe^
Nexl day gihlo the Senate.
//:Ahi see the gentle cowboy inhere.
T he broncho I was this pride.
•' /He'd'; hook his' spur : clean 'through the • /tir,
'Ai^'-hotO/he'd^yell\.andt]sh67>t7and':ride.
\u25a0The good old farmer came \u25a0; try time.
The "years '» have 'seen /his \ kind ': increase;.
Hc.spendszhis lod/ upon /the; sod
'And rniU^sthe docile pigs anc^ geese.
VIII;
Friend was he ? (o : ios/ immigrants. *
.4 A, " gladly would - /Ac cowboy 'steer
The prairie schooner, although he'd sooner
Pilot" the ; kjmd.lhcy] load ; u?i/A \u25a0\u25a0 &€cr.
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The hayseed of the Golden West
Is not a lemon you can squeeze.
. ;\u25a0' When , he : comes fdown \u25a0to see the town
The green^ goods mm take /o the trees.