O

 

oak

oat

binding

blackbirds eat

cutting

grasshoppers eat

"I might sow some oats"

oatfield

oat-heads

oatmeal

oat straw / oat-straws

shocking

sowing

obey

as part of wedding ceremony

disobey

O Dakota land, sweet Dakota land, see Dakota Land

O'Dowd, Bill

Oft in the Stilly Night, SSL 22)

Oft in the stilly night, ere slumber’s chain has bound me, see Oft in the Stilly Night

Oh Boys Carry Me Along

Oh Canaan, bright Canaan, see On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand

Oh, Charley he’s a fine young man, see Weevily Wheat)

Oh childhood’s joys are very great, ,see The Singin’ Skewl

Oh, come to this country, see Uncle Sam’s Farm

Oh, do not stand so long outside, see Come In and Shut the Door

Oh, do you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? see Ben Bolt

Oh, drive dull care away, for weeping is but sorrow, see A Motto for Every Man

Oh, every Sunday morning my wife is by my side, see Wait for the Wagon

Oh, I am a gypsy king, see Gypsy King

Oh, I am as happy as a big sunflower, see The Big Sunflower

Oh, if I were young again, I’d lead a different life, see The Floating Scow of Old Virginia

Ohio

Ohio River

Oh, I went down south for to see my Sal, see Polly Wolly Doodle

Oh I wouldn’t marry a farmer, see A Railroad Man For Me

Oh, my! But ain’t she handsome! see My Jenny Jerusha Jane

Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light, see The Star Spangled Banner

Oh! Susanna

Oh, Susanna, don’t you cry for me! see Oh Susanna

Oh, Susi-an-na don’t you cry for me, see Oh Susanna

Oh talk about your Mulligan Guards, see The Skidmore Guard

Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad

Oh whistle and I’ll come to you, my lad, see Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad

Oh, you Buffalo gals, aren’t you coming out tonight? see Buffalo Gals

Old Chariot, The

Old Dan Tucker

Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man, see Old Dan Tucker

Old English letters

Old Folks at Home

Old Glory

Old Grimes

Old Grimes is dead, that good old man, see Old Grimes

Old Johnny / old Johnny

old maid

Old Sol

Old Song of the Treadmill ,see The Treadmill Song

Old Time, The

Old Town in the Green Groves

"Old Tubal Cain," see "Tubal Cain"

Oleson family, see Owens, William

Mr.

Mrs.

Nellie

Willie

Oleson's claim

Oleson's store

Omaha, Nebraska

Once in the dear dead days beyond recall, see Love’s Old Sweet Song

One little Indian, two little Indians, three little Indians, see Ten Little Indians

One night when the winds blew bitter, see Mary Of the Wild Moor

onion

braided into ropes

bread-and-onion stuffing

cottage cheese with

fried apples'n'onions

green / spring

planting

seeds

wild

On Jordan’s Stormy Banks

On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand, see On Jordan’s Stormy Banks

On the Banks of Plum Creek

orange

orange / orange-colored

made into flower

Oregon

organ

Laura gives teacher salary to help purchase organ for Mary

stool

Orthography, see also spelling

Osage

chief, see also Soldat du Chene

Ossawatomie -[sic]  correctly spelled Osawatomie

ostrich

tips / feathers

otter

outlaw

oven

bake oven / bake-oven

hot "as if it came out of an oven"

like a bake-oven

oven door / oven-door

"smelled as good as an oven when bread is baking"

Owen, Sam

Owen's house

Owen, Vidocq

regrets not graduating Laura

Owens family

William & Margaret

Nellie

Willie

owl

screech-owl, see screech owl

ox

Buck / Bright

butcher oxen for meat

goad

nigh

off

ox on the (dugout) roof

ox-driver

ox-whip

Pete / Bright

runaways

Star / Bright

steer

struck ox

yearlings

yoke / calf-yoke

yoke of oxen / yoke-oxen

ox-eye daisy

oyster - see also lime, mother-of-pearl, pearl

crackers

soup

stew

 

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