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As Told in	A
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Year of ' children middle of the fall	B
On one fearful night children we well nigh lost our all	B
True it wa'n't no great sum we had to lose that night	C
But when a little's all you've got it comes to a blessed sight	C
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I was a mighty worker in them 'ere difficult days	D
For work is a good investment and almost always pays	D
But when ten years' hard labor went smokin' into the air	E
I doubted all o' the maxims an' felt that it wasn't fair	E
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Up from the East we had traveled with all of our household wares	F
Where we had long been workin' a piece of land on shares	F
But how a fellow's to prosper without the rise of the land	G
For just two thirds of nothin' I never could understand	G
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Up from the East we had traveled me and my folks alone	H
And quick we went to workin' a piece of land of our own	H
Small was our backwoods quarters and things looked mighty cheap	I
But every thing we put in there we put in there to keep	I
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So with workin' and savin' we managed to get along	J
Managed to make a livin' and feel consid'able strong	J
And things went smooth and happy an' fair as the average run	K
Till every thing went back on me in the fall of '	-
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First thing bothered and worried me was 'long o' my daughter Kate	L
Rather a han'some cre'tur' and folks all liked her gait	L
Not so nice as them sham ones in yeller covered books	M
But still there wa'n't much discount on Katherine's ways an' looks	M
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And Katherine's smile was pleasant and Katherine's temper good	N
And how she come to like Tom Smith I never understood	N
For she was a mornin' glory as fair as you ever see	O
And Tom was a shag bark hickory as green as green could be	O
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Like takes to like is a proverb that's nothin' more than trash	P
And many a time I've seen it all pulverized to smash	P
For folks in no way sim'lar I've noticed ag'in and ag'in	A
Will often take to each other and stick together like sin	A
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Next thing bothered and worried me was 'long of a terrible drouth	Q
And me an' all o' my neighbors was some'at down in the mouth	Q
And week after week the rain held off and things all pined an' dried	R
And we drove the cattle miles to drink and many of 'em died	R
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And day after day went by us so han'some and so bright	C
And never a drop of water came near us day or night	C
And what with the neighbors' grumblin' and what with my daily loss	S
I must own that somehow or other I was gettin' mighty cross	S
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And on one Sunday evenin' I was comin' down the lane	T
From meetin' where our preacher had stuck and hung for rain	T
And various slants on heaven kept workin' in my mind	U
And the smoke from Sanders' fallow was makin' me almost blind	U
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I opened the door kind o' sudden an' there my Katherine sat	V
As cozy as any kitten along with a friendly cat	V
An' Tom was dreadful near her his arm on the back of her chair	E
And lookin' as happy and cheerful as if there was rain to spare	E
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Get out of this house in a minute I cried with all my might	C
Get out while I'm a talkin' Tom's eyes showed a bit of fight	C
But he rose up stiff and surly and made me a civil bow	W
And mogged along to the door way with never a word of row	X
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And I snapped up my wife quite surly when she asked me what I'd said	Y
And I scolded Kate for cryin' and sent her up stairs to bed	Y
And then I laid down for the purpose of gettin' a little sleep	I
An' the wind outside was a howlin' and puttin' it in to keep	I
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'Twas half past three next mornin' or maybe 'twas nearer four	Z
The neighbors they came a yellin' and poundin' at my door	Z
Get up get up they shouted get up there's danger near	A2
The woods are all a burnin' the wind is blowin' it here	B2
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If ever it happens children that you get catched some time	C2
With fire a blowin' toward you as fast as fire can climb	C2
You'll get up and get in a hurry as fast as you can budge	D2
It's a lively season of the year or else I ain't no judge	D2
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Out o' the dear old cabin we tumbled fast as we could	N
Smashed two thirds of our dishes and saved some four foot wood	N
With smoke a settlin' round us and gettin' into our eyes	E2
And fire a roarin' an' roarin' an' drowndin' all of our cries	E2
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And just as the roof was smokin' and we hadn't long to wait	L
I says to my wife Now get out and hustle you and Kate	L
And just as the roof was fallin' my wife she come to me	O
With a face as white as a corpse's face and Where is Kate says she	O
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And the neighbors come runnin' to me with faces black as the ground	F2
And shouted Where is Katherine She's nowhere to be found	F2
An' this is all I remember till I found myself next day	G2
A lyin' in Sanders' cabin a mile an' a half away	G2
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If ever you wake up children with somethin' into your head	Y
Concernin' a han'some daughter that's lyin' still an' dead	Y
All scorched into coal black cinders perhaps you may not weep	I
But I rather think it'll happen you'll wish you'd a kept asleep	I
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And all I could say was Kath'rine oh Kath'rine come to me	O
And all I could think was Kath'rine and all that I could see	O
Was Sanders a standin' near to me his finger into his eye	H2
And my wife a bendin' over me and tellin' me not to cry	H2
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When lo Tom Smith he entered his face lit up with grins	I2
And Kate a hangin' on his arm as neat as a row of pins	I2
And Tom looked glad but sheepish and said Excuse me Squire	J2
But I 'loped with Kate and married her an hour before the fire	K2
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Well children I was shattered 'twas more than I could bear	E
And I up and went for Kate an' Tom and hugged 'em then and there	E
And since that time the times have changed an' now they ain't so bad	L2
And Katherine she's your mother now and Thomas Smith's your dad	L2

Will Carleton

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