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Show IF MEN WOULD JUST BE KIND My home. Is (n tho locust troe Hero In my waster's yard, And ho holdB me, and I hold him In strictest kind regard; Ho will not let tho cnts come near My lovely nesting limb, And I why, morning, noon nnd night I g'ndiy sing to him. He loves to whlstlo notes to me And havo mo whlstlo back, You ought to seo his smiling face. Ho always calls mo "Jack;" And says, "Now Jack let's try ngaln So Polly girl can hear" And, to tho woman at his side, Ho'll say, "Now listen, dear!" And then wo whistle, ho and I, Somo slinplo sweet refrain. First soft nnd low, then I (Aid and free Again and )et again; I try my best to Imitate Each quner und each nc.o; Sometimes to follow where ho lends It fairly splits my throat. nut ho Is such a lovoly man " I always do my best. And I would whlstlo nil day long It It were his request; Wo mocking birds love kindly men And I nm ready quite, Ilccauso thnt man Is kind to me, To whlstlo day nnd night." I All men aro not so kind, alas, Somo of them like to kill. Not that they aro In need of food, Hut Just to show their skill; Thoy think It Is tho proper thing To tako a. cruol gun And Blip around and kill u bird And call such murder fun. If all tho men wero nleo nnd kind Tho birds would all bo tamo, And ench would whlstlo all day long, And answer to his nnmo; Wo all lovo proplo who nre good, And nil tho wcld would find That birds would loo till men nllko. If men would Just bo kind. J. II. Harrison,, D.illnB, tax. - - |