The Face Upon The Barroom Floor

Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was therewhich wellnigh filled joes barroom on the corner of the square.

The face upon the barroom floor.

Written in ballad form it tells the story of an artist ruined by love. The face on the barroom floor by hugh antoine d arcy thanks go to joe offer for providing this poem and to john lambert for the picture twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there. 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. A later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch.

But guilt ultimately may have driven the frenchman to immortalize julia on the saloon floor. The wind has blown it in. The face on the barroom floor poem the face on the barroom floor is a poem written by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887. 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 may be proof that art rarely makes an effective revenge. Whatever the case some time in those early spring months of 1867 it seems a legend was frozen in time and became the face upon the barroom floor. Lyrics to the face on the barroom floor by hank snow. It was painted in 1936 by herndon davis.

Perhaps it was lust or greed. The face on the barroom floor poem by hugh antoine d arcy. The fascinating history of the mark twain saloon casino. Know before you go the central city opera house and teller bar are open to the public during the opera season.

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. The face on the barroom floor was referenced in the three stooges short movie maniacs in 1936. The face on the barroom floor is a painting on the floor of the teller house bar in central city colorado united states.