{"id":8355,"date":"2022-07-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8355"},"modified":"2022-07-13T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T05:00:00","slug":"i-want-to-go-to-morrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/i-want-to-go-to-morrow\/","title":{"rendered":"I Want to Go to Morrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the Newark Evening Star, July 13, 1914<\/a>. By Lew Sully.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019t know
That Morrow had been ridiculed a century or so.
I went down to the depot for my ticket and applied
For tips regarding Morrow, not expecting to be guyed.
Said I, \u201cMy friend, I want to go to Morrow and return
Not later than tomorrow, for I haven\u2019t time to burn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Said he to me, \u201cNow let me see if I have heard you right.
You want to go to Morrow and come back tomorrow night.
To go from here to Morrow and return is quite a way\u2014
You should have gone to Morrow yesterday and back today.
For if you started yesterday to Morrow, don\u2019t you see,
You could have got to Morrow and returned today at three.
The train that started yesterday\u2014now understand me right\u2014
Today it gets to Morrow and returns tomorrow night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Said I, \u201cMy boy, it seems to me you\u2019re talking through your hat.
Is there a town named Morrow on your line? Now tell me that.\u201d
\u201cThere is,\u201d said he, \u201cand 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 today eight thirty-five.
Half after ten tomorrow is the time it should arrive.
Now, if from here to Morrow is a fourteen-hour jump,
Can you go today to Morrow and come back today, you chump?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Said I, \u201cI want to go to Morrow; can I go today
And get to Morrow by tonight if there is no delay?\u201d
\u201cWell, well,\u201d said he, \u201cexplain to me, and I\u2019ve no more to say,
Can you go anywhere tomorrow and come back today?
For if today you\u2019d get to Morrow, surely you\u2019ll agree
You should have started not today, but yesterday, you see.
So, if you start to Morrow, leaving today, you flat,
You won\u2019t get into Morrow till the day that follows that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, if you start today to Morrow, it\u2019s a cinch you\u2019ll land
Tomorrow into Morrow, not today, you understand;
For the train today to Morrow, if the schedule is right,
Will get you into Morrow by about tomorrow night.\u201d
Said I, \u201cI guess you know it all, but kindly let me say,
How can I go tomorrow if I leave the town today?\u201d
Said he, \u201cYou cannot go to Morrow any more today,
For the train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon its way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 a howling jay\u2014
I didn\u2019t go to Morrow, so I guess I\u2019ll go today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Newark Evening Star, July 13, 1914. By Lew Sully. I started on a journey just about a week agoFor the little town of Morrow, in the state of Ohio.I never was a traveler, and really didn\u2019t knowThat Morrow had been ridiculed a century or so.I went down to the depot for my ticket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newark-evening-star","category-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}