[Poem] "The New-York Boy's Song" by Lydia Maria Child (1842, published 1854 in Flowers for Children). Written to celebrate the opening of the Old Croton Aqueduct which brought clean water to New York City on October 14, 1842. Oh, blessed be the Croton! It floweth everywhere— It sprinkles o'er the dusty ground, It cooleth all the air. It poureth by the wayside, A constant stream of joy, To every …