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Once upon a time,
This house was a home,
Full of love and laughter,
But now the sounds are gone.
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Yes many years have passed,
Since children ran in play,
Family gathered 'round,
The Bible to read and pray.
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The days went by quickly,
Seems the years just flew,
Since Mom and Dad were here,
We kids were small too.
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Games of hopscotch and marbles,
Picking peanuts to boil,
Quilting bees and corn shucking,
A life of stress and toil.
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Spinning tops and chase,
Tag and hide and seek,
Leisure time though rare,
We'd head to the creek.
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Once upon a time,
Many long years ago,
This old house was loved,
And family ties would grow.
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Work in the cotton fields,
Planting, hoeing and pickin',
Shaking and stacking peanuts,
The harvest was ready for reapin'.
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Sun up till sun down daily,
No stopping for a day or two,
You had to keep on working,
In the hot sun or heavy dew.
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Dinner time was welcomed,
Our meal in the middle of the day,
Just plain ole country folks,
Living a sharecropper's way.
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Hardly any extra was there,
Lucky to make it year to year,
Yet happiness filled this house,
With a love, precious and dear.
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Jesus was our overseer,
On Him we always depended,
He saw our needs were met,
Thankful nightly prayers ascended.
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I like to go back in time,
And visit the yesteryear,
To be a little kid again,
Feel the love and laughter hear.
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The memories of the home place,
Bear heavily on my mind,
I often retreat into the past,
Where the world seems more kind.
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©Gayle Davis
03 November 2008
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