Myra: I would love to see the poem. This shows how important reputations were in earlier times when even a hint of gossip could tarnish a family. It is little wonder that our families glossed over and told fibs about some of the unsavory family events. Society was quite cruel in colonial times. Lauraine > > From: Myra Herron <woodseyowllover@yahoo.com> > Date: 2009/08/06 Thu AM 07:48:06 CDT > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > > They were from an era where people did that a lot.  My grandmother wrote a poem about a girl who had drowned herself, blaming her parents and a local boy, and it actually became a song later, and people still remember the song.  I transcribed it when I found it, which was hard to do, because she had written it and sent it to my prospective grandfather, who carried it in his wallet for years.  >   > While I was transcribing it slowly, my mouth began to drop, as I realized it wasn't a love poem, but a story about a girl who killed herself by drowning in front of her little brother, because her parents had believed a story told about her by a boy in the area.  He had slandered her, evidently, and ruined her reputation, and her parents had thought the story was true.  By the time I got done transcribing, I was horrified!  It was quite a poem.  If you ever want it, let me know.  > > MYRA HERRON > Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori  > (Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.) > Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame, > That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came. > > > > > --- On Thu, 8/6/09, syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> wrote: > > > From: syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 1:35 AM > > > Yes, that is it.  My Dad had a great memory for sayings and poetry (not me).  He used to come out with the oddest things.  > > L > > > > From: Myra Herron <woodseyowllover@yahoo.com> > > Date: 2009/08/05 Wed PM 09:49:59 CDT > > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > > > > Lizzie Bordon took an axe > > And gave her mother 40 whacks > > When she saw what she had done, > > She gave her father 41. > >   > > That's the one I've heard > > > > MYRA HERRON > > Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori  > > (Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.) > > Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame, > > That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came. > > > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 8/5/09, syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> wrote: > > > > > > From: syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> > > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > > Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 10:04 PM > > > > > > Know that many on the list subscribe to MassMoments.  But for those who don't and recall their parents talking about Lizzie Borden, you may chose to read this: > > > > http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=226 > > > > Am sure there used to be a ditty about Lizzie Borden that my Dad talked about? > > > > Lauraine > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > >        > >  When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! 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Unfortunately, society may have gone too far in the other direction now. It seems like there is no such word as "morals" any more!!! -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of syrnick@mts.net Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:31 PM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden Myra: I would love to see the poem. This shows how important reputations were in earlier times when even a hint of gossip could tarnish a family. It is little wonder that our families glossed over and told fibs about some of the unsavory family events. Society was quite cruel in colonial times. Lauraine > > From: Myra Herron <woodseyowllover@yahoo.com> > Date: 2009/08/06 Thu AM 07:48:06 CDT > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > > They were from an era where people did that a lot.  My grandmother wrote a poem about a girl who had drowned herself, blaming her parents and a local boy, and it actually became a song later, and people still remember the song.  I transcribed it when I found it, which was hard to do, because she had written it and sent it to my prospective grandfather, who carried it in his wallet for years.  >   > While I was transcribing it slowly, my mouth began to drop, as I realized it wasn't a love poem, but a story about a girl who killed herself by drowning in front of her little brother, because her parents had believed a story told about her by a boy in the area.  He had slandered her, evidently, and ruined her reputation, and her parents had thought the story was true.  By the time I got done transcribing, I was horrified!  It was quite a poem.  If you ever want it, let me know.  > > MYRA HERRON > Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori  > (Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.) > Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame, > That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came. > > > > > --- On Thu, 8/6/09, syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> wrote: > > > From: syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 1:35 AM > > > Yes, that is it.  My Dad had a great memory for sayings and poetry (not me).  He used to come out with the oddest things.  > > L > > > > From: Myra Herron <woodseyowllover@yahoo.com> > > Date: 2009/08/05 Wed PM 09:49:59 CDT > > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > > > > Lizzie Bordon took an axe > > And gave her mother 40 whacks > > When she saw what she had done, > > She gave her father 41. > >   > > That's the one I've heard > > > > MYRA HERRON > > Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori  > > (Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.) > > Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame, > > That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came. > > > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 8/5/09, syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> wrote: > > > > > > From: syrnick@mts.net <syrnick@mts.net> > > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Lizzie Borden > > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > > Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 10:04 PM > > > > > > Know that many on the list subscribe to MassMoments.  But for those who don't and recall their parents talking about Lizzie Borden, you may chose to read this: > > > > http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=226 > > > > Am sure there used to be a ditty about Lizzie Borden that my Dad talked about? > > > > Lauraine > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > >        > >  When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! 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