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J Thomas Gordon left home one day	A
Left home for good and all	B
A boy has a right to have his own way	A
When he's nearly six foot tall	B
At least this is what J Thomas thought	C
And in his own young eyes	D
There were very few people quite so good	E
And fewer still quite so wise	D
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What tie as clever a lad as he	F
Down to commonplace toil	G
Make J Thomas Gordon a farmer lad	H
A simple son of the soil	G
Not if he knew it 'twould be a sin	I
He wished to rise and soar	J
For men like himself who would do and dare	K
Dame Fortune had much in store	J
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The world was in need of brains and brawn	L
J Thomas said modestly	F
The clever young man was in great demand	M
They would see what they would see	F
He would make his mark in the busy world	N
Some day the daily press	O
Would herald the glad news forth to the throng	P
J Thomas is a SUCCESS	O
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Then would the doubters and sceptics all	B
Say with regret sincere	Q
To think that we gave his hopes and his aims	R
But an unbelieving sneer	Q
As for him he would kiss his mother	S
And give her wealth galore	J
Shake the hand of his father maybe	F
Then back to the world once more	J
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With big ambition and high conceit	T
Was young J Thomas filled	U
The warning of friends and their arguments	V
His eloquence quickly stilled	U
You may go said the irate father	S
I'll not urge you to stay	A
You will learn your lesson you headstrong fool	W
Be glad to come back some day	A
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So J Thomas Gordon left the farm	X
As boys have done before	J
And his mother began to count the hours	Y
Till he would be home once more	J
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The father wearied as time went on	Z
Missed the boy from his side	A2
But all through the years the fond mother kept	B2
Her love her hope and her pride	A2
With a mother's beautiful faith she said	C2
I know my boy will come	D2
So wealthy so honored noble and great	E2
Proudly come marching home	F2
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And ever she looked at eventide	E2
Into the glowing west	E2
For the dust of the carriage bringing her	S
The one that she loved the best	E2
Ah how she longed to look on his face	G2
Her stalwart lad and true	H2
With his sunburned cheek and his ruddy hair	K
And his eyes so bright and blue	H2
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To those who said 'twas cruel of him	I2
Never a line to send	E2
She had but one answer with eyes ashine	Z
It will all come right in the end	E2
He's busy making a name and place	G2
And I must patient be	F
Till this clever ambitious lad of mine	Z
Finds time to come back to me	F
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Important and wealthy and famous	J2
Honored and wise and great	E2
But look you who can that ragged tramp be	F
Down there by the garden gate	E2
Pale as if hunger had pressed him sore	J
Trembling because so weak	K2
Pushed on by his longing held back by shame	L2
A tear on his poor pale cheek	K2
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'Tis he Had he come back rich and great	E2
She'd have met him at the door	J
But she's down the path with her arms outspread	E2
Because he has come back poor	M2
Gone gone are her day dreams sweet and fair	K
Gone in the swift glad shock	N2
Of folding a ragged tramp in her arms	O2
But love stands firm as a rock	N2
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She rang the dinner bell long and loud	E2
The father came with speed	E2
The welcome he gave the prodigal	P2
Was a tender one indeed	E2
The young fool has learned his lesson	Z
J Thomas whispered low	Q2
So he has God bless him the father cried	E2
He'll make a good man I know	Q2
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Honest unselfish and true as steel	R2
Our boy will stand the test	E2
Kindly of thought and word and deed	E2
The homely virtues are best	E2
I knew when you went and you know it now	Z
That all this pride and style	S2
This yearnin' to fill up the public eye	T2
Isn't really worth the while	S2
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Oh the happy face of the mother	S
That night as kneeling low	Q2
Tom said the prayer that he used to say	A
At her knee so long ago	Q2
A new J Thomas had this to add	E2
With his bonnie blue eyes wet	E2
Thank God for the home for the faithful hearts	U2
That never change or forget	E2
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Though far and wide on the world's rough sea	F
The children reckless roam	F2
The boldest thanks God in some stress of storm	V2
For the harbor lights of home	F2

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