Today, I read up on the town I will soon call home and found that Lake Worth has an anthem. When you come to visit I expect to be serenaded with the following song:
The nation's eye is on thy sands
Florida, O Florida!
Thy lovely shores and fertile lands,
Florida, O Florida!
The future whispers in thy pines,
It beckons in thy "white coal" mines,
The pioneer to thee inclines
Florida, O Florida!
Oh, My Lake Worth, Florida!
Lake Worth's the place for you, to go,
Florida, O Florida!
They'll put you up a bungalow
Florida, O Florida!
The interest takes not a cent,
You pay the cost instead of rent.
What better plan could man invent?
Florida, O Florida!
Oh, My Lake Worth, Florida!
Adieu to bleak and frozen lands,
Florida, O Florida!
Adieu to wastes and desert sands,
Florida, O Florida!
In Florida I'll make my home,
Nor want the placer sands of Nome;
Her gold is in her fertile loam;
Florida, O Florida!
Oh, My Lake Worth, Florida!
Lake Worth will greet you with a smile,
Florida, O Florida!
She'll fix you up in bully style,
Florida, O Florida!
Beneath the kindly southern sun,
She'll see your fortune well begun;
You'd better be upon the run.
(To) Florida, O Florida!
Oh, my Lake Worth, Florida
The Lake Worth Herald helps along,
Florida, O Florida!
It's editor is R. E. Strong.
Florida, O Florida!
he keeps things moving in the way
Of doing something day by day,
And renders service as he may
(For) Florida, O Florida!
Oh, my Lake Worth, Florida!
Our Governor reflects the hour,
Florida, O Florida!
He stands for Okeechobee's pow'r
Florida, O Florida!
Great Edison is with us, too,
And Bryan is of that great crew
That makes the prospect good to view,
(In) Florida, O Florida!
Oh, my Lake Worth, Florida!
Why falter, then? There's no excuse,
Florida, O Florida!
The "Wizard" will turn on the "juice".
Florida, O Florida!
The light and pow'r are on the way,
And when they come they'll come to stay,
To user in a brighter day,
(For) Florida, O Florida!
Oh, my Lake Worth Florida!
The "Commoner's" not here for fun,
Florida, O Florida!
He sees the chance-- sixteen to one ---
(In) Florida, O Florida!
With Trammal, Bryan and the rest
Lake Worth shall flower with the best -
Lake Worth, In Florida, the blest --
Florida, O Florida!
Oh, my Lake Worth, Florida!
2 comments:
ok. i can think your anthem is charming - up to a point. you lost me at stanze three.
eight stanzas? EIGHT?
love you... miss you...
I hope you didn't find that in some Microfiche buried deep in the stacks of the library and have to transcribe that manually. Of course, looking at the posting time, it was a pretty slow day at work?
Is is sung to a particular tune? I'll bring my pitch pipe.
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