The Hyams Wading Fountains
For all New Orleans to enjoy...
Lovely gifts to all our children...
So much more than just a toy...
To us from Sara Lavinia Hyams...
A lovely lady of great wealth....
She sold her jewels and her riches...
To spread happiness and good health...
......
Like a wild bouquet--
Lovely on this hot Tuesday;
One park in full bloom--
Smell is like sweet perfume.
With a lazy eaze,
Moving in a gentle breeze,
Seeming eager to dance,
They do so entrance!
......
in the coolness of shadows
in the misty fountain spray
thrilling to summer's last steps
in midst of birdsong
in a park of pleasantness
so peaceful near the flowers
radiance rules the daytime
echoing through night
......
Shadows in the park...
Must be a sunny day...
Always wearing black...
Never having much to say...
Shadows never laugh...
They never, ever cry...
Sometimes they disappear...
If the suns not shining in the sky...
......
Shadows in the park...
Must be a sunny day...
Always wearing black...
Never having much to say...
Shadows never laugh...
They never, ever cry...
Sometimes they disappear...
If the suns not shining in the sky...
......
The Hyams Wading Fountains
For all New Orleans to enjoy...
Lovely gifts to all our children...
So much more than just a toy...
To us from Sara Lavinia Hyams...
A lovely lady of great wealth....
She sold her jewels and her riches...
To spread happiness and good health...
......
in the coolness of shadows
in the misty fountain spray
thrilling to summer's last steps
in midst of birdsong
in a park of pleasantness
so peaceful near the flowers
radiance rules the daytime
echoing through night
......
Like a wild bouquet--
Lovely on this hot Tuesday;
One park in full bloom--
Smell is like sweet perfume.
With a lazy eaze,
Moving in a gentle breeze,
Seeming eager to dance,
They do so entrance!
......