Fair village on the river Grand,

With hills around, and fertile land,

With loyal hearts and open hand,

We greet you as a happy band,

Fair Lowell on the Grand.

We learned to love thee years ago;

Thou was’t our friend in joy and woe;

And as we watch thy beauty grow,

With happiness our hearts o’erflow,

Fair Lowell on the Grand.

Thy pleasant homes and improved street,

Thy mills and stores and shops that greet

The friend and stranger as they meet

To share with thee thy village sweet,

Fair Lowell on the Grand.

By fire and flood and foul disease

Thy patience, skill and quiet ease

Was tested to the last degree;

And still thy efforts are to please,

Fair Lowell on the Grand.

And now thou art of fair renown,

Well watered, grand and growing town;

Misfortune shall now pull thee down,

But upward, onward, to the crown,

Fair Lowell on the Grand,.

God bless thee, speed thee ever well,

Make thee greater than tongue can tell,

Guard thee, keep thee from every speel

Of evil, harm and sin, Farewell!

Fair Lowell on the Grand.

--Rev. J.T. Husted

The numerous contributors to this aggression of legends and tales of Lowell that has been for a century past, present it to their readers, not as a literary production, but as a feeble tribute by Lowell amateurs to the pioneers, old residents and citizens whose lives have have been enjoyed for lo these many years. Such as it is we pass it on to our contemporaries and successors with a free confession of its short-comings, incompleteness and crudeness, hoping that its spirit of appreciation for the works and endeavor of the noble men and women of the past, may prove an inspiration to those who follow after us for a hundred years to come.