The face upon the barroom floor aka the face on the floor and the face on the barroom floor is a poem originally written by the poet john henry titus in 1872.
The face on the barroom floor poem lyrics.
Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was therewhich wellnigh filled joes barroom on the corner of the square.
Lyrics to the face on the barroom floor by hank snow.
Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there which well nigh filled joe s barroom on the corner of the square and as songs and witty stories came through the open door a vagabond crept slowly in and posed upon the floor.
Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there which well nigh filled joe s barroom on the corner of the square and as songs and witty stories.
Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there which well nigh filled joe s barroom on the corner of the square and as songs and.
In the poem he enters a bar and tells his story to the bartender and to the assembled crowd.
The face on the barroom floor poem by hugh antoine d arcy.
He then offers to sketch madeline s face on the floor of the bar.
The face on the barroom floor is a poem written by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887.
A later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch.
Hank snow face on the barroom floor lyrics.
Where did it come from someone said.
The wind has blown it in.
Written in ballad form it tells the story of an artist ruined by love.