Show MY OLD HOME TOWN rOWN My old home town as as' as of ot old nestles still In thys tte valleys valley's lap down dOYn under the hill And in Ia like ghost silence through evry street Troop memories s sad and memories swee sweet I have just been back to the dear old place Where kindness abounds with Infinite grace The town was decked In flora of And fairies wrote operas for tor birds to si sing ng My welcome was shown by the nodding trees trees trees- Greetings like kisses were In evry breeze breeze- Tho The daffodils ls 1 pansIes and roses Said with sweet I. I th 41 v rare 1 oJ note bUU I was there I r And m my friends with hearts as warm as the sun sun sun- Those few yet tew yet left with whom life lite was begun begun- I And tho the children of ot those now long since dead Made action speak loud all aU love could ha have ve sal said f As the River ot of of Time speeds on Its way I never t I shall ask for a sweeter day Than the few just spent in my old ld home t town wn j Where the tho love of ot friends was my royal crown M. M. M J. J J Verdery In New York Wo World ld |