The Sentimental Song Book
Julia A. Moore
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its questionable grammar, clumsily contrived rhymes and its unique mixture of rigorous moralism and sentimentality, attracted wide-spread mockery from the press and the public, but also the attention of literary celebrities like Mark Twain. Ogden Nash, the comic poet, claimed that Moore was a major source of inspiration. Today the Flint Public Library in Michigan holds the Julia A. Moore Poetry Festival to celebrate bad poetry. - Summary by Algy Pug (1 hr 34 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 0:58 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Author's Early Life | 3:38 | Read by thestorygirl |
| Centennial | 2:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| John Robinson | 2:58 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Brave Page Boys | 3:13 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Grand Rapids | 1:46 | Read by thestorygirl |
| Temperance Reform Clubs | 4:30 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Hiram Helsel | 1:43 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Beautiful Twenty-Second | 2:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| William Upson | 3:16 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Dear Love, Do You Remember? | 1:43 | Read by Cavaet |
| Hurrah for Cooper and Cary | 4:52 | Read by Erin Grassie |
| My Infant Days | 1:34 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Roll On Time, Roll On | 3:02 | Read by Erin Grassie |
| Minnie's Departure | 1:48 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Lois House | 3:29 | Read by Algy Pug |
| The Brave Volunteer | 1:46 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Little Andrew | 2:08 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| William House and Family | 3:41 | Read by Algy Pug |
| The Orphan's Friend | 1:59 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Two Brave Soldiers | 3:03 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Early Days of Rockford | 1:40 | Read by thestorygirl |
| Grand Rapids Cricket Club | 1:53 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Little Henry | 4:41 | Read by Erin Grassie |
| Be Kind to the Little Ones | 1:33 | Read by Seagull Gracie |
| Red Ribbon | 2:18 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Carrie Monro | 1:48 | Read by Janie Greene |
| Little Minnie | 4:08 | Read by Janie Greene |
| Centennial Celebration | 3:02 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Maryette Myers | 2:14 | Read by Anita Hibbard |
| The Dear Old Flag | 2:18 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Libby Prison | 1:49 | Read by James R. Hedrick |
| Hattie House | 3:44 | Read by James R. Hedrick |
| Little Susan | 1:34 | Read by James R. Hedrick |
| Young Henry | 2:38 | Read by James R. Hedrick |
| Ashtabula Disaster | 3:23 | Read by James R. Hedrick |