Show tt it u ir sf it if h r KEEPING BUSY it by walt mason ir 1 l it h tt tf h u u b h 0 when attending al tending my spinning or whatever tasks are mine I 1 don t see see my neighbors sinning I 1 suppose they re acting fine tine while I 1 fumi gate my chickens or repair the kitchen flue folks may act up like the dickens I 1 don t notice what they do oh I 1 m singing angel throated as I 1 tinker in the rain and my are all devoted to my labors safe and sane so I 1 do not near hear the scandals that are flying through the town and I 1 do not meet the vandals who would wreck some fair renown and I 1 miss the vicious stories that the gossips weave all day for I 1 hoe my morning glories in the good old fashioned way busy people do not peddle tales that stir up human strife busy people do not meddle with the dirty dregs of life they are thinking of achievement of the toll that makes a hit and they know their great bereavement when the darkness makes them quit idlers spend their time In inventing ventin 9 tales that make old satan grin they re the sleuth hounds that are scenting every trail that hints of sin and the wholesome lads are sweating as the golden moments flit only worrying and fretting when the darkness makes them quit |