Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-08 | Page 6 | Just Folks

Just Folks By Edgar A. A Guest THE TilE PATIENT ONE Seems ike jl e in every family Some patient member has to be Some one a little extra strong Designed to help the rest along Theres There's usually a sister who Gets all the family tasks to do She bears the burdens and the pains And seldom grumbles or com corn plains Sometimes the patient one is he Whose clothes are never much to see The money that he gets to spend Hes He's always saving up to lend He is the one to whom we go When funds of ours are running low The brot brother er with the modest means On whom the family always leans The patient one is glad to save To work and properly behave Loves honor and despises despise shame Defends the home and family name And now and then I wonder what K KAt At last would d be our sorry lot Without that patient one to call To help us us up op we fall