| Show NO OLD FOLKS IN THE HOUSE BY BT POLLARD there are no old folks in the house I 1 to sit ait with us today and talk about the good old times when they were young and gay the links ahat bound us to the past hive broken one by one the agel aged ones ones have gone to rest their work on earth is done the little child upon the floor will interrupt its play PAY to ask in broken tender tones if rde has grand grandma ma gone sway away T and kaid ort oft goes searching through the house and calling here and there for grandma I 1 grandma I 1 to come back and fill fall the vacant chair to guard us from unnumbered ills the old folks seem to stand the outposts aliat protect and nd warn the precious household band and as we see ee them drop away lifes steep decline toe the shaf abaft t of ase age strike us and we at once fall into line ah I 1 blest the home where old folks dwell in happiness and peace till idill death the mes messenger fenger arrives to give them sweet release their presence bre sence Is a gracious boon more precious tar far than gold and boath a richer sweetness gains by contact with the old the ancient treasures we may keep the ancient styles restore and reproduce in many ways the good old days of yore but through the songs of joy will run the undertones under tones of pain Debi because use alas aias we cannot bring the old folks back again be kind and tender to them now while they require your care and let them feel that in your hearts and homes they have a share por for soon the parting hour must come and you will sigh and say there are no old folks in the house to sit with us today |
