Show THE MODEL OLD COUPLE There never was a wedded pair That equalled dad and main In harvesting she capped the sheaf Insnanklng she took the palm She used to scour the pots and pans WhIle he would scour the hills She footed all the stockings And he footed all the bills No vices marred his perfect health Or made his eyes grow dim The filthy weed that others chewed I was eschewed by him He never loafed about the town Inwrangle or dispute And when he wished to go ahead He often went afoot Thq dumb and helpless beasts of toll Received the kindest core Of nights hed shed his cattle and The cattle she their hair He said This little rule I find Will win and seldom lose My Ps and Qs 1 always mind And also miiiI my ewes Sad he Each day I never fall To thank the Lord anew He = ies to us his rain and we Should give to him his due With love towards her little flock Her heart would overflow And when the children needed bread She always knealed dough I any scandal reached her ears White busy with her yarn She said she didnt give a snap snap And then she gave a darn I Said she My neighbors little sins Do not my spirit vex In other eyes 1 see no beam I I mine are without specs Some said her dairy was her god But who our hearts can jell l work to worship is akin She loved her cheeses well At last when this contented pair Had old and feeble grown He sat him down ana made his will She had one of her own Sol Miller |