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Show JUST FOLKS I By Edgar A. Qat i w i m i t i n i HtiMi a or s LAUGHTER Tha Utile homes of laughter can be found on many a street. 'And It's there that men and women in the bonds of friendship meet. r Oh, the mansions on thc highway may be handsomer to sec And the rich man's lun be lovely 7 with the bloom o' plant ,uui tree. H But thc glory of the tuition und Its S strength from day to day I Are th little homea oi laughter where c H the hlldren romp and play. H iThei'c are millions of them smiling underneath the flag at moi'n Th homos that know tho bedroom The homes without pretension, ery clean and neat Inside. That know the acara of sorrow, and M thc room where one has died; Xt'a beueath these roofs of klndneei H ami within these walla of love JH Where abides the sir- ng'.li and eouragf thai shall keep the flag above. H The little homes of laughter, homes the thousands know and keep H Where the mother.-, croon at evening H us they rock their babes to sleep H And the fathers in ihelr shirt slcccs H find .some- little task to do J Oh. it's there you'll see the glory of H the old red, white and blue, gf j I n the little homes of laughter, stand- ing north, south, oast and west iH ill Is there you II see the nation at Ita H finest and its best. |