Poems written by people who lived in Pawnee County, Kansas

PAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS

The following poem was written by Myrta Elma Smith Davee in 1930 and graciously submitted by her granddaughter Barbara Ziegenmeyer.

WHERE WE SAID GOODBYE

DOWN ON THE OLD PAWNEE

ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON

ON THE BANKS OF THAT DEAR OLD RIVER

WHERE THE WILD FLOWERS WERE IN BLOOM

IT WAS THERE THAT OLD FRIENDS GATHERED

AND WE SAID OUR LAST GOOD BYE.

THOUGH THE BEST OF FRIENDS

MUST SOMETIMES PART

AND TIME WILL HEAL ALL WOUNDS

AND EACH MAY HAVE HAPPY HOMES

WITH LOVE ONES OF OUR OWN

FOR SUCH IS LIFE NO MATTER WHERE WE ROAM

SUMMERS HAVE COME AND GONE SINCE THEN

BUT MEMORIES FLY BACK TO THAT

DEAR OLD SPOT

AND I DREAM I MET YOU THERE

DOWN ON THE OLD PAWNEE

ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON

ON THE BANKS OF THAT DEAR OLD RIVER

WHERE THE FLOWERS WERE IN BLOOM