by and by
by and by
the future: Good boys to whom to their books apply, will always be great men, by and by. -- Abraham Lincoln
Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.
-
- Lexiterian
- Posts: 457
- Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:48 am
- Location: Cambridge, Mass
- Contact:
by-and-by(bī'ən-bī')
n.
Some future time or occasion.
---
Once I was in Victoria, and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back with interest. We are Indians and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank.
— Chief Maquinna, Nootka
n.
Some future time or occasion.
---
Once I was in Victoria, and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back with interest. We are Indians and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank.
— Chief Maquinna, Nootka
EBERNTSON
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
-
- Great Grand Panjandrum
- Posts: 2578
- Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:56 pm
- Location: Crownsville, MD
From The Preacher and the Slave by Joe Hill
Somewhere Stargzer has a recording of they by Comrade Seeger.Long-haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right,
But when asked about something to eat,
They will answer in voices so sweet:
Chorus:
You will eat bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky.
Work and pray, (work and pray),
Live on hay, (live on hay),
You'll get Pie in the Sky,
When you die, (that's a lie!)
And the starvation army they play,
They sing and they dance and they pray,
Till they get all your coin on the drum,
Then they tell you when you're on the bum:
CHORUS
If you fight hard for the good things in life,
They will tell you to stop all the strife,
Be a sheep for the bosses they say
Or to hell you are surely on the way!
CHORUS
Workingfolk of all countries unite;
Side by side we for freedom will fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained,
To the grafters we will sing this refrain:
Last Chorus:
You will eat, bye and bye,
When you've learned how to cook and to fry;
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good
And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye.
(That's no lie!)
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
-
- Lexiterian
- Posts: 457
- Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:48 am
- Location: Cambridge, Mass
- Contact:
I think it all depends on your point of view. Right now it doesn't suck to be me. I might propose an additional line to your poem as follows:
Life's a b1tch.
Then you suffer.
And then you die.
By and by.
But I tend to be more optimistic though,
Life's a b1tch.
Then redemption.
And then you die.
By and by.
Life's a b1tch.
Then you suffer.
And then you die.
By and by.
But I tend to be more optimistic though,
Life's a b1tch.
Then redemption.
And then you die.
By and by.
EBERNTSON
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
-
- Great Grand Panjandrum
- Posts: 2578
- Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:56 pm
- Location: Crownsville, MD
Life's a b¡tch and so were two of my dogs.
Never call a quarrelsome woman a b¡tch; it's an insult to dogs of either gender everywhere.
Never call a quarrelsome woman a b¡tch; it's an insult to dogs of either gender everywhere.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
Return to “Good Word Suggestions”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests