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You see I worked for Arthur Fouche he said	A
Until the year before he died I knew	B
That worthless son of his who lived with him	C
Born when his mother was past bearing time	D
So born a weakling When he came from college	E
He married soon and came to mother's hearth	F
And brought his bride I heard the old man say	G
A man should have his own place when he marries	H
Not settle in the family nest I heard	I
The old man offer him a place or offer	J
To buy a place for him This baby boy	K
Ran quick to mother cried and asked to stay	G
What happened then What always happens Soon	L
This son began to edge upon the father	J
And take the reins a little Arthur Fouche	M
Was growing old And at the last the son	N
Controlled the bank account and ran the farms	O
And Mrs Fouche gave up her place at table	P
To daughter in law no longer served or poured	Q
The coffee so you see how humble beggars	R
Become the masters it is always so	S
Now this I know When this boy came from school	T
And brought his wife back to the family place	U
Old Arthur Fouche had twenty thousand dollars	R
On saving in the bank and lots of money	V
Loaned out on mortgages But when he died	W
He owed two thousand dollars at the bank	X
Where did the money go Why for ten years	Y
When Arthur Fouche and son were partners I	Z
Saw what went on and saw this boy buy cattle	P
When beef was high sell cattle when it was low	S
And lose each year a little And I saw	A2
This boy buy buggies autos and machinery	V
And lose the money trading So it was	B2
This worthless boy had nothing in his head	A
To run a business which used up the fortune	N
Of Arthur Fouche and strangled Arthur Fouche	M
As vines destroy an oak tree Well you know	S
When Arthur Fouche's will was opened up	C2
They found this son was willed most everything	D2
It's always so The children who go out	E2
And make their way get nothing and the son	N
Who stays at home by mother gets the swag	D2
And so this son was willed the family place	U
And sold it to that chiropractor left	F2
For California to remake his life	G2
And died there after wasting all his life	G2
His father's fortune too	B
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So now to show you	B
How age breaks down a mind and dulls a heart	H2
I'll tell you what I heard	I
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This Elenor Murray	V
Was eighteen just from High School and one day	G
She came to see her grandfather and talked	I2
The old man always said he loved her most	J2
Of all the grandchildren and Mrs Fouche	M
Told me a dozen times she thought as much	K2
Of Elenor Murray as she did of any	V
Child of her own Too bad they didn't show	S
Their love for her	J
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I was in and out the room	L2
Where Elenor Murray and her grandfather	J
Were talking on that day was planing doors	M2
That swelled and wouldn't close There was no secret	N2
About this talk of theirs that I could see	V
And so I listened	O2
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Elenor began	P2
If you can help me grandpa just a little	P
I can go through the university	V
I can teach school in summer and can save	Q2
A little money by denying self	R2
If you can let me have two hundred dollars	R
When school begins each year divide it up	C2
If you prefer and give me half in the fall	S2
And half in March perhaps I can get through	B
And when I finish I shall go to work	D2
And pay you back I want it as a loan	T2
And do not ask it for a gift She sat	U2
And fingered at her dress while asking him	C
And Arthur Fouche looked at her Come to think	D2
He was toward eighty then At last he said	A
I wish I could do what you ask me Elenor	B
But there are several things You see my child	V2
I have been through this thing of educating	D2
A family of children lived my life	G2
In that regard and so have done my part	H2
I sent your mother to St Mary's sent	W2
The rest of them wherever they desired	I
And that's what every father owes his children	N
And when he does it he has done his duty	V
I'm sorry that your father cannot help you	B
And I would help you though I've done my duty	V
By those to whom I owed it but you see	V
Your uncle and myself are partners buying	D2
And selling cattle and the business lags	X2
We do not profit much and all the money	V
I have in bank is needed for this business	Y2
We buy the cattle and we buy the corn	Z2
Then we run short of corn and now and then	A3
I have to ask the bank to lend us money	V
And give my note Last month I borrowed money	V
And so the old man talked And as I looked	B3
I saw the tears run down her cheeks She sat	U2
And looked as if she didn't believe him	C
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No	S
Why should she For I do not understand	C3
Why in a case like this a man who's worth	D3
Say fifty thousand dollars couldn't spare	B
Two hundred dollars by the year Let's see	V
He might have bought less corn or cattle gambled	E3
On lucky sales of cattle there's a way	G
To do a big thing when you have the eyes	F3
To see how big it is and as for me	V
If money must be lost I'd rather lose it	G3
On Elenor Murray than on cattle In fact	H3
That's where the money went as I have said	A
And Elenor Murray went away and earned	I3
Two terms at college and this worthless son	N
Ate up and spent the money All of them	J3
The son and Arthur Fouche and Elenor Murray	V
Are gone to dust now like the garden things	K3
That sprout up fall and rot	L3
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At times it seems	M3
All waste to me no matter what you do	B
For self or others unless you think of turnips	N3
Which can't be much to turnips but are good	O3
For us who raise them Here's my story then	A3
Good wishes to you Coroner Merival	S2
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Coroner Merival heard that Gottlieb Gerald	E3
Knew Elenor Murray and her family life	G2
And knew her love for music how she tried	W
To play on the piano On an evening	D2
He went with Winthrop Marion to the place	U
Llewellyn George dropped in to hear as well	S2
Where Gottlieb Gerald sold pianos dreamed	P3
Read Kant at times a scholar but a failure	B
His life a waste in business Gottlieb Gerald	E3
Spoke to them in these words	Q3

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