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Show THE WOODS BY DOUGLAS MALLOCH z MY MAN AN' ME. MY MAN an' me fer forty years Have hiked it up the hill, An' side by side, an' bound an' tied, As was our youthful .will. He come upon me like a dream Of all I hoped to be An' so we stood, fer 111 er good Made one, my man an' me. it was a rosy way we went When life was in the dawn ; I heard the birds, I heard the. words A young wife feeds upon. His arm was 'round about my waist. He led me tenderly 'Twas long ago we traveled so The road, my man an' me. Though still we travel side by side, We travel now apart For older wives live lonely lives, An' hungry Is the heart. 'Twas long ago I felt the kiss In youth he gave so free Still side by side, but years divide Us two, .my man an' me, Yet once he held my hand In his; We knelt beside a cross, v Together knelt, together felt An' shared a common loss. An' there was four instead of two (Er so it seemed to be) Yes, there was four the babe I bore, My God, my man an' me. The river yon Is covered now With Winter's ice an' snow; Upon Its breast no lilies rest Where lilies used to blow. But underneath the Winter's Ic The waters flow as free As in tim Spring we heard 'em sing Their song, my man an' me. So age may sit upon his lips An' cool the speech of youth; An' yet I know he promised so To love, an' spoke the truth. The Winter days of life may chill The ways of such as we; But 'neath the cold the love of old Still warms my man an' me. (Copyright ) |