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Show AN OLD MAN DISCUSSES MARRIED LIFE. Lord, we've had our little wrangles, an we've had our little bouts, There s many a time, I reckon that we've been on the outs; My tongue s a trifle hasty an' my temper's tem-per's apt to fly, An' Mother, let we tell you. has a Itlnsj in her replyl. I But I couldn't live without her, an' It'i plain as plain can be That in fair or sunny weather mother needs a man like m I've banged the door an muttered an- gr words benatb my breath. For at times when fche was scoldio' mother's plagued me most to death, But we've always laughed It over when we'd both cooled down a hi-. Ap' we never had a difference but n smile would settle it An if such a thing could happen, we could share life's joys an' tears An' live right on together for another thousand years. Some men give up too easy in nv game of. married life. They haven't got the courage to bs worthy of a wife. An' I've seen a lot o' women that have made their lives a mess, Coz they couldn't bear the burden. i that are mixed with happiness. So long as folks are human they'll have raanv faults that jar, J An' the way to live with people Is to 1 take them as they are. ! We've been forty years together, good j an' bad, an' rain an' shine, I've forgotten mother's faults now an' she never mentions mine. In the days when sorrow struck us we shared a common woe ;vYe just leaned upon each other, an' our weakness didn't show An' I learned how much I need her an' how tender she can be I An' through it. maybe, mother saw ftu better sldo o' me. |