The Face On The Barroom Floor By Robert Service

The face on the barroom floor this poem is often wrongly thought to be by robert w service.

The face on the barroom floor by robert service.

Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was therewhich wellnigh filled joes barroom on the corner of the square. The story of a strange ballad poem written in 1887 which became a unusual portrait on the barroom floor in a quaint former boomtown in colorado and became the inspiration for one of the most performed modern american operas in history. I finally found the above an inaccurate version on the web and also in a book called the best loved poems of the american people. Directed by lawrence kraman.

The face on the barroom floor poem by hugh antoine d arcy. Comments about the face on the barroom floor by hugh antoine d arcy. It is published here to the memory of hugh antoine d arcy its rightful father. This poem is often wrongly thought to be by robert w service.

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. With henry mollicone catherine o rourke patrick o halloran nathan milholin. He then offers to sketch madeline s face on the floor of the bar. He didn t speak it from memory but he did reference it often.

Show more show less. A later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch. Face on the barroom floor from. Robert service auto generated by youtube.

27 sep 97 06 08 pm somebody was talking about this poem in another thread. I looked through my robert w. 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 by john henry titus written published in 1872 a later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch it has been wrongly attributed to robert service.

It is a favorite of mine because it speaks to the human condition and that is what psychology is all about. Written in ballad form it tells the story of an artist ruined by love. The face on the barroom floor hank snow tales of the yukon. I have been to the teller house bar in central city colo twice and saw the painting of the face both times.

The face on the barroom floor is a poem written by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887. The face on the barroom floor. Having lost his beloved madeline to another man he has turned to drink. Service books and couldn t find it.

Butch whidden 9 10 2020 12 37 00 pm this is one of dad s favorite poems.