The following poem was in my GG grandfather's poem journal. I know I have heard this thing before. I am not sure it is from being read at family gatherings when I was a little child, or did my gg grandfather lift this poem from somewhere? I appreciate the help. MarkCase@aol.com http://members.aol.com/markcase/page1.htm

I started on a journey just about a week ago,
For the little town of Morrow, in the state of Ohio.
I never was a traveler, and really didn’t know
That Morrow had been ridiculed for a century or so.


I went down to the depot for my ticket and applied
For the tips regarding Morrow, not expecting to be guyed.
Said I, “My friend, I want to go to Morrow and return
Not later than to-morrow, for I haven’t time to burn.”


Said he to me, “Now let me see if I have heard you right,
You want to go to Morrow and come back to-morrow night.
You should have gone to Morrow yesterday and back to-day,
For if you started yesterday to Morrow, don’t you see,
You could have got to Morrow and returned at to-day at three.
The train that started yesterday -- now understand me -- right
T-day it gets to Morrow, and returns to-morrow night.”


Said I, “My boy, it seems to me you’re talking through your hat.
Is there a town named Morrow on your line?  Now tell me that.”


“There,” said he, “and take from me a quiet little tip --
To go from here to Morrow is a fourteen hour trip.
The train that goes to Morrow leaves to-day eight-thirty five;
Half after ten to-morrow is the time it should arrive.
Now if from here to Morrow is a fourteen hour jump,
Can you go to-day to Morrow and come back to-day you chump?”


Said I, “I want to go to Morrow: can I go to-day
And get to Morrow by to-night, if there is no dollar?”


“Well, well,” said he, “explain to me and I’ve no more to say;
Can you go anywhere to-morrow and come back to-day?
For if to-day you’d get to Morrow, surely you’ll agree
You should have started not to-day, but yesterday, you see.
So if you start to Morrow, leaving here to-day, you’re flat,
You won’t get in to Morrow till the day that follow that.”


“Now if you start to-day to Morrow, it’s a cinch you’ll land
To-morrow into Morrow, not to-day you understand.
For the train to-day to Morrow, if the schedule is all right,
Will get you into Morrow by about tomorrow night.”


Said I, “I guess you know it all, but kindly let me say,
How can I go to Morrow if I leave the town to-day?”


Said he, “You cannot go to Morrow any more to-day
For the train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon its way.”


I was so disappointed I was mad enough to swear;
The train had gone to Morrow and had left me standing there.
The man was right in telling me I was howling jay;
I didn’t go to Morrow, so I guess I’ll go to-day.

1. Morrow Cousins, 1972 by Ophelia M. Phillips.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Drake Printers, 1972.
LC: CS71.M883 1972 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

2. Swaffords of Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee 1990 by Ray C. Swofford.
Houston, Tex. : [s.n.], 1990.
LC: CS71.S9694 1990 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

3. Five Morrow Men : With some Descendants and Allied Families.
1982 Hailey, Naomi. [Nashville, Tn.] (3125 Cloverwood Dr., Nashville 37214) : N.M. Hailey, c1982.
LC: CS71.M883 1982a Dewey: 929/.2/0973

4. The Morrows and Related Families, 1640-1978
1979 J. T. Morrow. Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1979.
LC: CS71.M883 1979 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

5. Ancestors and descendents of George & Ethel (Scaggs) Morrow
1984 compiled by Joe Morrow.
[Memphis, Tenn.] (5274 Whiteplains Cove, Memphis 38116) : J. Morrow, [1984]
LC: CS71.M883 1984 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

6. Betwixt and Between : Morrow and Queen
1980 compiled by Mary Lou Morrow Soesbee and Pearl Justice Yates.
[S.l.] : M.L.M. Soesbee, c1980.
LC: CS71.M883 1980 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

7. The Morrows of Marion County, Alabama and of the Southeast United States : a genealogical history and reference compendium
1993 by Sharon Morrow Tomback.
Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1993.
LC: CS71.M883 1993a Dewey: 929/.2/0973

8. The Thomas Morrow genealogy : being a history of Thomas Morrow, born in Jackson Co., Ohio, and his descendants
1978 compiled by William C. Hall.
[Nevada, Iowa] : Hall, c1978.
LC: CS71.M883 1978 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

9. Geneology [sic] of the Kottsick, Morrow, Friedrich, Butz, and related Families
1987 by Linda Morrow Schauer.
Mandan, N.D. (RR 6, Box 49, Mandan 58554) : L.M. Schauer, [1987]
LC: CS71.K877 1987 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

10. Bob Boy's world : as seen in the thirties rising from despair to recovery with FDR
1987 by Mary Lou Morrow.
[Washington] : M.L. Morrow, c1987.
LC: E806 .M73 1987 Dewey: 973.91/092/2 B

11. Some of the descendants of William Morrow, Irish immigrant and Hannah, his wife with allied lines, Wells and Essex
1982 Lura Morrow Hickox, compiler and editor with the assistance of Clara Hickox Harsh.
Columbus, Ohio (1814-D Riverside Dr., Columbus 43212) : L.M. Hickox, c1982.
LC: CS71.M883 1982 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

12. Descendants of Adam Waggoner, c1745-1785, Virginia and allied families of Morrow, Neal, Steele, Hornbeck, Harwick
1993 by Howard and Shirley Hornbeck.
Livingston, TX (101 Rainbow Dr. #643, Livingston 77351) : H. & S. Hornbeck, [1993]
LC: CS71.W134 1993 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

13. Two Morrow's Legacy
1988 by Arthur E. Morrow & Edith M. Morrow ; written in collaboration with O. Ray Dodson ; illustrations by Kathleen Morrow Dodson.
Pueblo, CO (613 Lincoln, Pueblo 81004) : Dodson Associates, c1988.
LC: CT274.M683 M67 1988 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

14. Alexander Morrow, 1745-1817, of Brooke County, (W) Virginia and his descendants : including Morehead and other allied lines--Aten, Armstrong, Cameron, Elliott, Foreshew, Gerardy, Karr, Lindberg, Lockard, McIlvaine, Owings, Rhea, Swearingen, and Winsworth
1993 compiled by Anne Morrow Nees ; edited by George Lester Morrow. Baltimore : Gateway Press ; Overland Park, KS (6612 W. 93rd St., Apt. B, Overland Park 66212-1307) : Distributor, A.M. Nees, 1993.
LC: CS71.M883 1993 Dewey: 929/.2/0973

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