PAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
The following poem was written by Myrta Elma
Smith Davee in 1930 and graciously submitted by her granddaughter Barbara Ziegenmeyer.
NEAR THE OLD PAWNEE
I AM DREAMING TONIGHT OF MY
CHILDHOOD HAPPY HOME MANY MILES AWAY
AND MY DEAR OLD FRIENDS WHO WERE
ALWAYS KIND AND TRUE
SO I LONG THERE TO BE, WHERE THEY
STILL REMEMBER ME
ON THE PLAINS OF KANSAS
NEAR THE OLD PAWNEE
THE LITTLE COUNTY SCHOOL
WHERE WE SPENT MANY A HAPPY DAYS
AND THE TEACHERS SO KIND
WHICH WE ALWAYS TRIED TO MIND
SO I LONG THERE TO BE WHERE THEY
STILL REMEMBER ME, BACK
ON THE PLAINS OF KANSAS
NEAR THE OLD PAWNEE
WHERE THE WIND HOWLED THE LOUDEST
ON A COLD AND STORMY NIGHT
WHERE YOU DRAW THE COVERS CLOSER
STILL YOU SHIVER TILL IT LIGHT
YET I LONG TO BE THERE BACK
ON THE PLAINS OF KANSAS
NEAR THE OLD PAWNEE
WHEN I BID THEM ALL GOODBYE
I WAS SURE THAT I WOULD RETURN
BY I FIND, I AM HAPPY HERE TO STAY
SO I LONG THERE TO BE WHERE THEY
STILL REMEMBER ME, BACK
ON THE PLAINS OF KANSAS
NEAR THE OLD PAWNEE
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