William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920.

Up Carr Creek

THE WAYS of the world are a-coming—up Cyarr!

Biled shirts and neckties,

Powder-pots and veils,

Pizen fotched-on liquor,

Doctor-pills, and ails—

Hit’s a sight, all the brash that’s a-coming—up Cyarr!

The ways of the mountains are passing—up Cyarr!

Moonshine stills and manhood,

Gear to weave and spin,

Good old Reg’lar Baptists

Preaching hell for sin.

Far’well to the old ways a-passing—up Cyarr!

The ways of the world will be holding—up Cyarr!

Sorry ways, the old ways,

They’ve a call to go.

Only, when you’re grave-bound,

Changing’s allus slow.

Old folks will bide by the old ways—up Cyarr.

The Outlook