Who is Julia Ann Moore

Julia Ann Moore (née Julia Ann Davis; December 1, 1847 – June 5, 1920) was an American poetaster. Like Scotland's William McGonagall, she is best known for writing notoriously bad poetry.

Biography

Young Julia grew up on her family's Michigan farm, the eldest of four children. When she was ten, her mother became ill, and Julia assumed many of her mother's responsibilities. Her formal education was thereby limited. In her mid-teens, she started writing poetry and songs, mostly in response to the death of children she knew, but any newspaper account of disaster could inspire her.

At age 17, she married Frederick Franklin Moore, a farmer. Julia ran a small store and, over the years, bore ten children, of whom six survived to adulthood. She continued to wri...
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Julia Ann Moore Poems

  • Hattie House
    Air -- "Lily Dale"


    Come all kind friends, wherever you may be, ...
  • Little Minnie
    Air -- "In the Cottage by the Sea"


    Come listen to a painful story ...
  • The Two Brave Soldiers
    Air -- "The Texas Rangers"


    My friends, I pray you listen, ...
  • Spring Time Is Coming
    Beautiful Spring is coming,
    Ah, yes, will soon be here,
    For the clear bright sun is shining
    All human hearts to cheer. ...
  • I Wonder Where My Papa Is?
    I wonder where my papa is,
    Oh, where could he have gone,
    I wonder why he does not come
    And see his Lilly Long. ...
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Top 10 most used topics by Julia Ann Moore

Dear 39 Home 33 God 27 I Love You 24 Never 24 Love 24 People 21 Place 20 Hear 20 Friend 20


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Mdexcl: mother daughter exchange club episode 35 scene reviews nicole moore and marley matthews ****1/4 mindi mink and tara morgan ***1/2 raquel sieb, staci karr, and tara morgan **** julia ann and staci karr ***1/2
Rorhetorician: isabel allende, a long petal on the sea casey mcquiston, one last stop tj klune, under the whispering door louise erdrich, the night watchman ann patchett, the dutch house julia alvarez, afterlife liz moore, long bright river 2/
Melaniejaxn: god grant a merry christmas eve and happy christmas day, to every person in the land, at home or far away. that festive day will soon be here, alas, will soon be o'er; welcome, welcome the coming of christmas day once more. -julia ann moore
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Hem and Haw were the sons of sin,
Created to shally and shirk;
Hem lay 'round and Haw looked on
While God did all the work.

Hem was a fogy, and Haw was a prig,
For both had the dull, dull mind;
And whenever they found a thing to do,
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