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In the farmhouse kitchen were Nan and John	A
With only the sunflowers looking on	A
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A farmhouse kitchen is scarce the place	B
For knight or lady of courtly grace	B
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But this is just an everyday pair	C
That hold the kitchen this morning fair	C
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A saucy persistent thorn tree limb	D
Had sacrificed a part of the brim	D
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Of the youth's straw hat His face was brown	E
And his well shaped forehead wore a frown	E
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His boots were splashed with mud and clay	F
From marshland pasture over the way	F
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Where alderbushes and spicewood grew	G
And frogs croaked noisily all night through	G
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'Neath muslin curtains snowy and thin	H
The homely sunflowers nodded in	H
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Nan was a picture Her muslin gown	E
Had maybe a bit old fashioned grown	I
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But fitted the slender shape so well	J
In its low cut neck the soft lace fell	J
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Sleeves it had none from the elbows down	E
In length well you see the maid had grown	I
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A labor of love her homely task	K
To share it none need hope nor ask	K
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For Nan was washing each trace of dirt	L
From fluted bodice and ruffled skirt	L
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Now few that will and fewer that can	M
Bend over a tub like pretty Nan	M
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The frail soap bubbles sailed high in air	C
As she drew each piece from frothy lair	C
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And rubbed with cruel yet tender hand	N
As only a woman could understand	N
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Then wrung with twist of the wrist so strong	O
Examined with care shook well and long	O
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Flung in clear water to lie in state	P
Each dainty piece met the same hard fate	P
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'Tis done with a look of conscious pride	Q
At the rinsing bucket deep and wide	Q
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Wiping the suds from each rounded arm	R
She turned to John with a smile so warm	S
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I've kept you waiting excuse me please	T
The soapsuds ruin such goods as these	T
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You're over fond of finery Nan	M
Dresses and furbelows he began	M
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Maybe I am of a truth she said	U
Each sunflower nodded its yellow head	U
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Ned Brown's growing rich John's words came slow	V
That he loves you well you doubtless know	V
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My house and acres I held them fast	W
Was stubborn over them to the last	W
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For when my father was carried forth	X
And men were asking 'What was he worth '	-
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I saw them look and nod and smile	Y
As they whispered together all the while	Y
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'A fine old homestead but mortgaged so	V
A foolish thing for a man to do '	-
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I said 'My father's dead and gone	Z
But he's left behind a strong armed son '	-
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My heart was hot with a purpose set	A2
To clear that mortgage to pay that debt	A2
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I've worked heaven knows like any slave	B2
I've learned the lesson of scrimp and save	B2
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Kept a good horse but dressed like a clown	E
And I've not a dollar to call my own	I
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I'm beaten well beaten yesterday	F
Everything went to Ned Brown from me	C2
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My woods my meadows my tasseled corn	D2
The orchard planted when I was born	D2
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The old rose garden my mother loved	E2
My chestnut mare can't help feeling moved	F2
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For I'm a beggar Nan you see	C2
Don't think me begging for sympathy	C2
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The world is wide I don't care much	G2
Thank God health's a thing the law can't touch	G2
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The happiest man I ever knew	G
Was born a beggar and died one too	G
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Each sunflower nodding its yellow head	U
Listened to every word that was said	U
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As Nan in her slow and easy way	F
In the farmhouse kitchen that summer day	F
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Set a great and weighty problem forth	X
One that no scholar on this green earth	H2
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Has been able to solve since things began	M
With Adam a lone and lonesome man	M
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Yet very coolly she set it forth	X
Tell me the truth how much am I worth	H2
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The sunbeams kissing her golden hair	C
Her cheeks her round arms dimpled and bare	C
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Seemed stamping value of mighty wealth	I2
On youth and love and the bloom of health	I2
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John looked and looked till his eyes grew dim	D
Then tilted the hat with worthless brim	D
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To hide what he would not have her see	C2
You are worth the whole world Nan said he	C2
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Then you're no beggar said sweet bold Nan	M
You're the whole world richer than any man	M
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A girl queen wearing a crown of gold	J2
Set a precedent the tale is told	J2
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But no royal prince this world has seen	K2
Ever felt so proud as John I ween	K2
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As he clasped her hands in new born hope	L2
And never noticed they smelt of soap	L2
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Only the sunflowers looking on	K2
So he kissed the maid oh foolish John	K2
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As he went out through the garden gate	P
Ned Brown was coming to learn his fate	P
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He was riding John's own chestnut mare	C
But somehow John didn't seem to care	C
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The two men met at top of the hill	M2
And eyed each other as rivals will	M2
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Ned thought of the home he'd won from John	K2
Poor beggar he said as he rode on	K2
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John thought of all he had won from Ned	U
You poor poor beggar was what he said	U
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Why Under the heavens clear and blue	G
Only our John and the sunflowers knew	G

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