Show Uncle Walt I IThe The Poetic Philosopher The lover falls faHe upon his knees where Susan Jane is shelling peas an and say sayO II O 0 lantern of my life put down the peas and 1 he be e my wife For you m'de Id I'd gaily diet die Id I'd write your name upon the sky Id I'd ROMANCE the mountains mountain's snowy head or dip the ocean from it l AND REALITY We Well We'll 11 seek some lovely sylvan spot and there we well we'll 11 build ei M little cot and there well we'll live Jive in love and ease case as hap happy y two bumble bees Alas So many dreams go wron wrong 1 So many d discords discord the son song 1 So many promises are made and when they're washed they o 0 fade A million men have married maids and talked of cots and sylvan g gand gl gland glad and honeysuckle at the door and love and happiness galore alore And this they should have cried 0 come my dear and be my bride bridei I When sobs sob I will treat you right and fi fill our cottage with delight And when I dra draw drawl I weekly pay Ill I'll always in my lavish way hand you a quarter with a sneer sneer a go o and blow the rest for beer 0 O come my pet and cook and scrub scrub a wrestle with the washing tub and wear old clothes and home made homemade made lids and andja J Ja a brood of shabby kids and sit up nights with aching head awaiting my tet ing in tread So come with me roe and be my drudge that you may well wen and f fai know when to their husbands husband's homes home's they judge the joys so 50 many women g g Copyright t. t 1910 br by George Matthew Adams m. m |