Show I I I J JU JUST U S 11 JF FOLKS i K S I By EDGAR A. A GUEST Copyright 1931 by Edgar A. A Guest I REAL PEOPLE The The- backbone of ot the nati nation n is Js the hearted happy-hearted throng Or ordinary people who vho go swinging right along They live Uve in modest houses and they work from day clay to day And J the papers never notice what they do or what they say For they're always keeping busy at lifes life's commonplace commonplace commonplace common common- place affairs Planning futures for their children and what golden dreams are arc theirs They arc are settled in their habits and their views their views of wrong and right They are arc simple folk tolk and anti friendly and they're often otten home at night They keep little backyard gardens and the mothers moth moth- ers stitch and sew sow And the fathers all aro saving for some Joy they want to know They deal with hurt and sor- sor sorrow with a a. faith falth they've learned to hold And they're patient with their children and they're mindful of ot the old They are honest with their neighbors and they're honest in their play pIny They arc are fond of mirth and musto musie In a simple sort of ot way They belt believe eve In God and serve Rim Him and you'll notice as a rule They always send their children to a nearby Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day school And in spite of ot all the sneering of the scornful or the base The simple sturdy people are arc the backbone of the he race |