Legend of the Spanish Moss

Subjects: Comics & Humor Forests & Trees
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Legend of the Spanish Moss, Tichnor Bros. Inc., MA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A central printed panel contains the poem 'Legend of the Spanish Moss,' flanked by views of trees heavily draped with Spanish moss, with water and a sunset sky in the background.

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PublisherTichnor Bros. Inc.

LEGEND OF THE SPANISH MOSS Don GOREZ GOZ, in the good ship GREE, Came from Spain across the sea, And a terribly mean old man was he. A cake of soap and a yard of braid Was every cent that GOREZ paid For a perfectly beautiful Indian maid. And the braid was tarnished as it could be, Which the Indian maiden could plainly see. She turned and fled, and grim as death, GOREZ followed, 'till out of breath. The damsel was forced to climb a tree, And GOREZ followed—but oh, dear me! The branches tangled up in his beard And held so tightly, it appeared He'd have to remain indefinitely! Old GOREZ GOZ of the good ship GREE. All but his beard has faded away, But there it hangs to this very day, A terrible warning to all who hope To win a maid with a cake of soap And a yard of braid that she can see Isn't as good as it used to be. 111N --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. "TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS. 67440

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Series	111N
Condition	Very good
Publisher	Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, MA
Notes	Linen texture visible; no white border; printed poem panel; card number 111N top right. No postmark. Unused divided-back linen-texture card with Tichnor Bros. imprint; pencil dealer/price mark "#59 3" at top right, no address or message.

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Legend of the Spanish Moss, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/legend-of-the-spanish-moss. Accessed October 5, 2026.