"In Kentucky" poem card, Jas. H. Mulligan

Subject: Comics & Humor
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of "In Kentucky" poem card, Jas. H. Mulligan, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

A printed poem card titled 'In Kentucky' with eight stanzas of verse by Jas. H. Mulligan. The text is surrounded by small illustrations: a couple by a fireplace, a moonlit landscape, and a hand holding playing cards, within a decorative border.

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PublisherWrenn & King

IN KENTUCKY The moonlight falls the softest In Kentucky; The Summer days come oft est In Kentucky; Friendship is the strongest, Love's light glows the longest, Yet, wrong is always wrongest In Kentucky. Life's burden's bear the lightest In Kentucky; The home fires burn the bright- est in Kentucky; While players are the keenest Cards come out the meanest, The pocket empties cleanest In Kentucky. The sun shines ever brightest In Kentucky; The breezes whisper lightest In Kentucky; Plain girls are the fewest, Their little hearts are truest, Maidens' eyes the bluest. In Kentucky. Orators are the grandest In Kentucky; Officials are the blandest In Kentucky; Boys are all the fliest, Danger ever nighest, Taxes are the highest In Kentucky. The bluegrass waves the bluest In Kentucky; Yet, bluebloods are the fewest ? In Kentucky; Moonshine is the clearest, By no-means the dearest, And, yet, it acts the queerest In Kentucky. The dovenotes are the saddest In Kentucky; The streams dance on the glad- dest in Kentucky; Hip pockets are the thickest, Pistol hands the slickest, The cylinder turns quickest In Kentucky. The song birds are the sweetest In Kentucky; The thoroughbreds are fleetest In Kentucky; Mountains tower proudest, Thunder peals the loudest, The landscape is the grandest— And politics—the damnedest In Kentucky. JAS. H. MULLIGAN. --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES. R-70719 POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE DOMESTIC ONE CENT FOREIGN TWO CENTS THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. C.T. AMERICAN ART WRENN & KING, IMPORTERS & MANUFACTURERS, LEXINGTON, KY. MADE IN U.S.A.

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Postcard record

Condition	Very good
Place mentioned	Kentucky, KY
Publisher	Wrenn & King, Lexington, KY
Notes	Decorative border; no publisher or series printed on front. No postmark; unused divided-back card with no message or address. Publisher imprint Wrenn & King, Lexington, KY; C.T. American Art (R-70719). Light soiling and a diagonal crease across the message panel.

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"In Kentucky" poem card, Jas. H. Mulligan, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/in-kentucky-poem-card-jas-h-mulligan. Accessed October 5, 2026.