Show Just Folks By EDG EDGAl A. A GUEST BOYHOOD PRIVATIONS He was just the doting father of ot othis his children fond and proud Half Halt defending half excusing little lit- lit I. I tJ tle he allowed And he ne gave th the reason I I 1 have always h hoped ped to spare 4 My children from the burdens which my sh had to bear And T I know that when lien he said it ithe ithe ithe he believed he spoke the truth As he thought about the trials and the hardships of his youth I would keep their childhood happy happ ho repeated and I smiled For most men who have succeeded succeed succeed- ed think they suffered as a achild child And I said id I r do not doubt you In those da days 3 of ol long ago You had many a little duty which your boys will never know But toda today youre you're hale and hearty and for Cor business prime and andI I fit it So those hardships you remember didn't hamper you OU a bit Boys and girls are merry hearted Its It's the ups grown-ups as a rule Who remember oh so sadly that the they had to walk to school Its It's some fond and doting father who sits weeping oer o'er oera a list Of Ot the real or fancied pleasures which he merely thinks he missed And those grim and dreadful duties duties du du- du- du ties tic which the days das today re recall re- re call cali Were rere the simple tasks task of oC boyhood and the common lot of all aiL Cop Copyright right 1935 Edgar A. A Guest |