Halley’s Comet And Amos Green

“I ain’t had no good luck this year,”

     Said Amos Green in Stokes’ store;

“They hain’t a thing thet’s come my way

     For somethin’ like a year or more.

I’ve made a try at this an’ that,

     But ev’ry time it’s jest the same;

An' I’ve about made up my mind

     Thet Halley’s Comet is to blame.

“The French folks say, an’ I believe,

     That comet is an awful thing;

It means disaster, grief an’ death,

     An’ all thet sort uv thing, I jing!

An’ as fur feelin’ bad, why say,

     I’m sore an’ stiff an’ sick an’ lame;

Ain’t got no hankerin’ fur work –

     I know thet comet is to blame.

“I’m jest ez tired ez I kin be,

     I’m tired an’ lame an’ stiff an’ sore;

I know thet comet is to blame,”

     Said Amos Green in Stokes’ store.

An’ then the fellers round the stove

     Jest laughed; an’ Uncle Ez, says he,

“They’s allus been some comets, Ame,

     A-chasin’ you, it seems to me.”

    

April 15, 1910

The Great January Comet of 1910, formally designated C/1910 A1 and often referred to as the Daylight Comet appeared in January 1910. It was already visible to the naked eye when it was first noticed, and many people independently "discovered" the comet. At its brightest, it outshone the planet Venus, and was possibly the brightest comet of the 20th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_January_Comet_of_1910