David Harris Ballad Poems

He stood tall and strong
with a Bible in one hand
and a fist of iron as the other.
No one cusses during his sermons
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For JoAnn
Who in conversation inspired this little ditty.

This is the Ballad of ‘Memo’ Roy
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Rose Red was the name they gave her
because of her flaming hair.
She grew up in a time of turmoil
where children were taken from their beds.
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This is the ballad of Jingle Jangle Jim,
the bravest man there has ever been.
Jingle Jangle was walking through a wooded jungle one day,
when from a bush he heard a maiden call out in distress.
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