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Out of the old house Nancy moved up into the new	A
All the hurry and worry is just as good as through	A
Only a bounden duty remains for you and I	B
And that's to stand on the door step here and bid the old house good bye	B
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AND BID THE OLD HOUSE GOOD BYE	B
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What a shell we've lived in these nineteen or twenty years	C
Wonder it hadn't smashed in and tumbled about our ears	C
Wonder it's stuck together and answered till to day	D
But every individual log was put up here to stay	D
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Things looked rather new though when this old house was built	E
And things that blossomed you would've made some women wilt	E
And every other day then as sure as day would break	F
My neighbor Ager come this way invitin' me to shake	F
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And you for want of neighbors was sometimes blue and sad	G
For wolves and bears and wild cats was the nearest ones you had	G
But lookin' ahead to the clearin' we worked with all our might	H
Until we was fairly out of the woods and things was goin' right	H
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Look up there at our new house ain't it a thing to see	I
Tall and big and handsome and new as new can be	I
All in apple pie order especially the shelves	J
And never a debt to say but what we own it all ourselves	J
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Look at our old log house how little it now appears	C
But it's never gone back on us for nineteen or twenty years	C
An' I won't go back on it now or go to pokin' fun	K
There's such a thing as praisin' a thing for the good that it has done	K
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Probably you remember how rich we was that night	H
When we was fairly settled an' had things snug and tight	H
We feel as proud as you please Nancy over our house that's new	A
But we felt as proud under this old roof and a good deal prouder too	A
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Never a handsomer house was seen beneath the sun	K
Kitchen and parlor and bedroom we had 'em all in one	K
And the fat old wooden clock that we bought when we come West	L
Was tickin' away in the corner there and doin' its level best	L
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Trees was all around us a whisperin' cheering words	M
Loud was the squirrel's chatter and sweet the songs of birds	M
And home grew sweeter and brighter our courage began to mount	N
And things looked hearty and happy then and work appeared to count	N
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And here one night it happened when things was goin' bad	G
We fell in a deep old quarrel the first we ever had	G
And when you give out and cried then I like a fool give in	O
And then we agreed to rub all out and start the thing ag'in	O
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Here it was you remember we sat when the day was done	K
And you was a makin' clothing that wasn't for either one	K
And often a soft word of love I was soft enough to say	D
And the wolves was howlin' in the woods not twenty rods away	D
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Then our first born baby a regular little joy	P
Though I fretted a little because it wasn't a boy	P
Wa'n't she a little flirt though with all her pouts and smiles	Q
Why settlers come to see that show a half a dozen miles	Q
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SETTLERS COME TO SEE THAT SHOW A HALF A DOZEN MILES	Q
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Yonder sat the cradle a homely home made thing	R
And many a night I rocked it providin' you would sing	R
And many a little squatter brought up with us to stay	D
And so that cradle for many a year was never put away	D
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How they kept a comin' so cunnin' and fat and small	S
How they growed 'twas a wonder how we found room for 'em all	S
But though the house was crowded it empty seemed that day	D
When Jennie lay by the fire place there and moaned her life away	D
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And right in there the preacher with Bible and hymn book stood	T
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RIGHT IN THERE THE PREACHER WITH BIBLE AND HYMN BOOK STOOD	T
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'Twixt the dead and the living and hoped 'twould do us good	T
And the little whitewood coffin on the table there was set	U
And now as I rub my eyes it seems as if I could see it yet	U
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Then that fit of sickness it brought on you you know	V
Just by a thread you hung and you e'en a'most let go	V
And here is the spot I tumbled an' give the Lord his due	A
When the doctor said the fever'd turned an' he could fetch you through	A
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Yes a deal has happened to make this old house dear	W
Christenin's funerals weddin's what haven't we had here	X
Not a log in this buildin' but its memories has got	Y
And not a nail in this old floor but touches a tender spot	Y
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Out of the old house Nancy moved up into the new	A
All the hurry and worry is just as good as through	A
But I tell you a thing right here that I ain't ashamed to say	D
There's precious things in this old house we never can take away	D
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Here the old house will stand but not as it stood before	Z
Winds will whistle through it and rains will flood the floor	Z
And over the hearth once blazing the snow drifts oft will pile	A2
And the old thing will seem to be a mournin' all the while	A2
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Fare you well old house you're naught that can feel or see	I
But you seem like a human being a dear old friend to me	I
And we never will have a better home if my opinion stands	B2
Until we commence a keepin' house in the house not made with hands	B2

Will Carleton

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