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HISTORY OF OREGON LITERATURE

as far as twenty miles on Sunday to hear the De Moss family sing. It became such a popular place that the De Moss family were exhausted physically, financially and from a point of provisions.

"Dr. Hines came along one day—he was a young man then—and he heard the family sing and liked it. He also learned that they were in need and were getting nothing for their entertainment. He happened to have an organ and the elder De Moss traded a cow for this instrument. After that they gave many entertainments and charged admission. The De Moss family has ever since been on the road, and it has traveled in every way and everywhere where it is possible for a human being to go."

Oregon—A Jubilee Hymn. Words by Col. Frank V. Drake. Tune—"Red, White and Blue." Pioneer Transactions, 1896.
Pioneer Song. Words by Mrs. J. M. McCully. Tune—"Auld Lang Syne." 1896.

Published by George H. Himes, together with another song, Oregon, by Col. Frank V. Drake, and a poem, "Pioneer Day," by Ella Higginson, on "Half Century Anniversary of Treaty with England whereby Oregon—historic Oregon—came under the jurisdiction of the United States."

Our Emblem Flower. Words by Ena M. White; music by Gertrude Adams. Oregon Native Son, May, 1899; The Musical Pastime, Wiley B. Allen Company, 1899.
Peerless Oregon. Words by W. C. Kantner; music by Clifford W. Kantner. Oregon Native Son, May, 1899.
Sacajawea Lullaby. Words and music by Ziporah Harris. Portland. Wright's Music House. 1903.

This is one of the most charming of Oregon songs. The first stanza is as follows:

Shu, shu, shu, shu,
Little papoose go to sleep,
Shu, shu, shu, shu,
Sacajawea sings to you,
In all the wigwams camp fires are low,
Sunlight was sleepy long, long ago,
Sacajawea's baby must sleep,
While mother watches, her papoose keep.

She's Sleeping 'Neath Oregon's Tall Pines. Words by Francis H. Edwards; music by Bayard E. Foote. Portland. Wright's Music House.