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FAMOUS SONGS
I am hungry and ill, and I feel I could not do it justice."
The publisher was almost dumb with amaze-ment. The air was so catching and plaintive, that he felt sure it would take and be a success; and he was convinced in his mind that this was no ordinary man, but one with a history that was worth investigating. So he determined to cultivate him, and pressed him to sing at least one verse of the song. Lawson protested, but finally agreed, and if Turner was amazed when he heard him play, he was positively enraptured when that hungry voice, hungry with love, hungry physically, poured out, in the sweetest of tenors, the first stanza of the song in which his soul lived. It was the story of a lost love, but he cherished it, and, as he sang, it was easy to see that he lived and breathed only for that love. " Ever of Thee" has never been so sung since. That trial verse made its success, and to the experienced publisher, Mr. Turner, it was decidedly evident that he had secured a great song.
Addressing his manager, he said, " Take this man along; get him a bath, a shave, and some decent clothes, in fact, have him properly at-tended to, and then bring him back, and we will see about this song."
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