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Show YOUR MOTHER'S DAY By Wilbur D.7iesbit A DAY for your mother an' mine, u well, Though the ha gone on to th' better land; But folb 'at had mothers can always tell You youngsters a lot you should understand. You get to my age, an your mother s day : Will come to mean more than th' rest to you. ,. Youll think o' your mother, an' smile, an say It's Thanksgivin' Day, an it's Christmas, too. YOU'LL think o' your mother -o how she dreamed That you would be all that she prayed you'd be; Her patience, her kindness! she never seemed Too weary for you to climb on her knee! She bore with your failin's, joyed In your stren'th, Th' whole o' her world was wrapped up in you Youll think o' her da, an' youll know at len'th. It's Thanksgivin' Day, an' it's Christmas, too. A DAY for all mothers from Mary down, An' from Mary back to th' start o' time ( In country, an city, an little town, The thought is enough to make man sublime. So, think o' your mother! Think long an' deep ' Of all that she hoped an' believed o' you, An then you will know that th' day you keep Is Thanksgivin' Day, an' is Christmas, too. '" Chicago Trtbuns |