Down to work o’ mornings, an’ back to home at nights, Down to hours o’ labor, an’ home to sweet delights ; Down to care an’ trouble, an’ home to love an’ rest, With every day a good one, an’ every evening blest. Down to dreary dollars, an’ back to home to play, From love […]

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My Pa can hit his thumbnail with a hammer and keep still; He can cut himself while shaving an’ not swear ; If a ladder slips beneath him an’ he gets a nasty spill He can smile as though he really didn’t care. But the pan beneath the ice-box when he goes to empty that […]

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He couldn’t use his driver any better on the tee Than the chap that he was licking, who just happened to be me ; I could hit them with a brassie just as straight and just as far, But I piled up several sevens while he made a few in par; And he trimmed me […]

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With time our notions allus change, An’ years make old idees seem strange Take Mary there time was when she Thought one child made a family, An’ when our eldest, Jim, was born She used to say, both night an’ morn’: ” One little one to love an’ keep, To guard awake, an’ watch asleep; […]

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He was battle-scarred and ugly with the marks of shot and shell, And we knew that British Tommy had a stirring tale to tell, So we asked him where he got it and what dis arranged his face, And he answered, blushing scarlet : ” In a nawsty little place ” There were medals on […]

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Whenever I walk through God’s Acres of Dead I wonder how often the mute voices said : ” I will do a kind deed or will lighten a sorrow Or rise to a sacrifice splendid to-morrow.” I wonder how many fine thoughts unexpressed Were lost to the world when they went to their rest; I […]

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A convalescin’ woman does the strangest sort o’ things, An’ it’s wonderful the courage that a little new strength brings; O, it’s never safe to leave her for an hour or two alone, Or you’ll find th’ doctor’s good work has been quickly overthrown. There’s that wife o’ mine, I reckon she’s a sample of […]

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A feller don’t start in to think of himself, an’ the part that he’s playin’ down here, When there’s nobody lookin’ to him fer support, an’ he don’t give a thought to next year. His faults don’t seem big an’ his habits no worse than a whole lot of others he knows, An’ he don’t […]

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There are little eyes upon you, and they’re watch ing night and day; There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say; There are little hands all eager to do everything you do, And a little boy that’s dreaming of the day he’ll be like you. You’re the little fellow’s idol, you’r* […]

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These joys are free to all who live, The rich and poor, the great and low: The charms which kindness has to give, The smiles which friendship may bestow, The honor of a well-spent life, The glory of a purpose true, High courage in the stress of strife, And peace when every task is through. […]

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