The Face On The Barroom Floor By Robert 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.

The face on the barroom floor by robert service. The face on the barroom floor hank snow tales of the yukon. The face on the barroom floor poem by hugh antoine d arcy. 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.

In the poem he enters a bar and tells his story to the bartender and to the assembled crowd. 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. It is published here to the memory of hugh antoine d arcy its rightful father. With henry mollicone catherine o rourke patrick o halloran nathan milholin.

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. I looked through my robert w. Chet atkins composer lyricist. Robert service auto generated by youtube.

Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was therewhich wellnigh filled joes barroom on the corner of the square. By hugh antoine d arcy thanks go to joe offer for providing this poem and to john lambert for the picture. Having lost his beloved madeline to another man he has turned to drink. Face on the barroom floor from.

Service books and couldn t find it. He then offers to sketch madeline s face on the floor of the bar. I have been to the teller house bar in central city colo twice and saw the painting of the face both times. 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.

The face on the barroom floor is a poem written by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887. The face on the barroom floor. This poem is often wrongly thought to be by robert w service. He didn t speak it from memory but he did reference it often.

It is a favorite of mine because it speaks to the human condition and that is what psychology is all about. Butch whidden 9 10 2020 12 37 00 pm this is one of dad s favorite poems. It is published here to the memory of hugh antoine d arcy its rightful father. Directed by lawrence kraman.

Written in ballad form it tells the story of an artist ruined by love.