 I met more women driving teams on the road and saw more at work in the fields than men. They seem to have said to their husbands in the language of a favorite song, "Just take your gun and go; For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe!  Annals of Cleveland - Página 505por United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio) - 1937Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 páginas
...the corn upon the stalks, John, Potatoes on the hill, And the pumpkins on the vines, John — I '11 gather them with a will. But take your gun and go,...Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe. I 've heard my grandsire tell, John, (He fought at Bunker Hill,) How he counted all his life and wealth... | |
 | Truman Orville Douglass - 1911 - 534 páginas
...fields, than men. They seem to have said to their husbands, in the language of a favorite song: "Just take your gun and go, For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe." Father Chauncey Taylor resigned a son to the service and to death, "for the love of a country, united... | |
 | Henry Crosby Emery, United States. War Department - 1914 - 30 páginas
...their places on the farms. The situation was well expressed by the popular verse of the times: Just take your gun and go, For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe. The truly surprising feature of this agricultural expansion was not that the increased production was... | |
 | Frank M. Allen - 1914 - 854 páginas
...were fully as enthusiastic as the men. With the poet, they declared. "Then take your gun and go! Yes, take your gun and go, For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe." The record shows that up to March 10, 1864, there had been sent from the various townships of Fayette... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1917 - 532 páginas
...fields than men. They seem to have said to their husbands in the language of a favorite song, 'Just take your gun and go ; For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe.' " 1 v' Many of the immigrants went west. They were tempted by the ease and cheapness with which land... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1917 - 540 páginas
...fields than men. They seem to have said to their husbands in the language of a favorite song, 'Just take your gun and go ; For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe.' " l Many of the immigrants went west. They were tempted by the ease and cheapness with which land could... | |
 | Allen Johnson, Gerhard Richard Lomer, Charles William Jeffreys - 1918 - 298 páginas
...fields than men. They seem to have said to their husbands in the language of a favorite song, "Just take your gun and go; For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe! " I went first to Clarinda, and the town seemed deserted. Upon inquiry for former friends, the frequent... | |
 | Nathaniel Wright Stephenson - 1918 - 340 páginas
...fields than men. They seem to have said to their husbands in the language of a favorite song, "Just take your gun and go; For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe! ''''j I went first to Clarinda, and the town seemed deserted. Upon inquiry for former friends, the... | |
 | NATHANIEL W. STEPHENSON - 1921 - 376 páginas
...fields than men. They seem to have said to their husbands in the language of a favorite song, "Just take your gun and go; For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe!" I went first to Clarinda, and the town seemed deserted. Upon inquiry for former friends, the frequent... | |
 | Nathaniel Wright Stephenson - 1918 - 332 páginas
...fields than men. They seem to have said to their husbands in the language of a favorite song, "Just take your gun and go; For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, And I can use the hoe! " I went first to Clarinda, and the town seemed deserted. Upon inquiry for former friends, the frequent... | |
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