Our Grandfathers Days - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
OUR GRANDFATHERS DAYS 
A song for to please all my kind friends before me: I've been thinking of late, a new subject to raise, And one I have got, and I know it will please youI'm going to sing of our grandfathers' days. In our grandfathers' days, men were judged but by merit, And those who were sound, got their measure by praise; But nowadays, folks judge of men by their money-That wasn't the case in our grandfathers' days. 
In our grandfathers' days, they had no patent leathers, Garote-choking collars', or no peg-top pants; Young men didn't go it with two-forty horses, Or visit young ladies at night, at their aunt's. The boys didn't then congregate on the corners, To see the gals crossing, on wet; slushy days, Nor the gals didn't want a policeman to help them-That wasn't the style in our grandfathers' days. 
In our grandfathers' days, billiard-markers ne'er sported Moustache ou their lips, or goatees on their chins; Nor did six-penny barbers drive out in light wagons, Nor did fish-ball waiters wear diamond pins. The gals didn't paint, stuff themselves up with cotton; They didn't wear hoops, patent bustles or stays, Didn't smoke cigarettes, or drink cock-tails at Taylor's-That wasn't the style in our grandfathers' days. 
In our grandfathers' days, married men they were steadyYou'd not find them out every day of their lives, Nor see them out late, walking home with their cousins-They alway retired, in good time, to their wives. They had no champagne suppers, no little flirtations, No trying to go it in various ways; Didn't stop in saloons with a female acquaintance-They had no waiter-girls in our grandfathers' days. 
In our grandfathers' days, when a man ran for office, He did it alone for the national good. And not for the dollars and cents he might pocket-That is something that, nowadays, ain't understood. The government, then, was for wisdom selected; Rebellion had not set the country ablaze, But the people have sworn that our flag shall float over The Union as 'twas in our grandfathers' days.