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'y rear rid One Ti~e Fio^e Courthouse - Tavern - n.?rtaurr.nt - Court House Road
At old I'issi ssipoi City Vhile the ?un is sinking low,
I dedicate this ditty To the dir^, dim lone ago.
rtretched out beneath the ancient trees, The sentinels o:” th^ street,
I deen inhale th~ bal~y breeze “illed vith Nature's ozone *weet.
The box shewed court house painted white Is but a rreoiory now —
The (?rass (?rows green upon its site, '.here wander the ?oat and cov.
A voice a-Tair. I faintly ’near, r n court’s bis. openin'; dey,
’.'hen '"uncle Jef in deen tones clear 7hrov.r,h tne virdov cried "oyez."
’.cro's the str-et, not distent far,
'ike a •’= t c.^mar. at his nost,
**	’’h^re	lavyers practiced at his bar,
stood kind Ji”t..y 1 elci, the host.
And there s?ch I-VL^-ckstone si~oed his --'r' rrerr. old copper distilled rye.
"'ach invitetion vas * vink frcT his brother’s "other eye."
And eloiucrco exoen^e~ there * ‘as* in rather ornate style.
It floated or the ambient air T1ke the echo of a s" i 1 e .
Aunt ■ rry Ann, ’.Ir.e^a 'jar t, and old r?rPi Toy.} the r;ro'..-^,
Feneath those trees, "ith solern chart, Prepared the savory soup.
Fried oysters and fat rrulle t, toe, Aroratie csfe noir,
' hose odor sifted nostrils through, ’-'hich to trouble bid bon scir.
Their culinary art vas great .	That save zest to appetite,
3	!° r'«-t/.ur<nt vithin the ftate
Co: Id '•v'-'-.-.r? such - eal s sri-ht.
- Trees