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Show Songs of Plain Folks , 2 Hit "CumingOut Time- J"""P- Turning-out time was at sundown , When my father's walking-plow Used to lay its perfect furrow s . f (Comes a little sooner now). s I would race, barefoot, to meet him; ) He'd come whistling o'er the hill. Turning-out time was a blessing I . And it is a blessing still. " "" " i When, with meadow lark a-singing , MV), , ' ! And the grass blades Unt with dew, ? J I have started in the morning Ay 'SMcfflf v And have plowed the whole day through..- &Mvffiffitfa When the new-turned swath is wider V'jft Vj ( ( Than I'd thought that it would be, v , l&ffiMfyM ! Then its more than merely quitting : 1 Turning-out time means to me. - i) MQf Turning-out time, rich with fragrance a'nP' Of the fresh soil roundabout, J S Finds me hungry, tired and happy; lW--Jit j And I'm thinking, turning out, jVi I Of the smiling pal to greet me ' , V''ip '''l-v' ' Where her tempting supper waits, J: h', J'n i Of the boy who'll run to meet me x Kf , P'Zffisf- And to open up the gates! :'i--''r' ,, Y)J I "If S"(D WcrnNewppr"Uniin. 1SIT |