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            SITTING ALONE BY THE FIRE
            THOUGHTS LINGER BACK IN TIME,
            TO DAYS OF HIS HARDSHIP THEN
            NOW ITS ALL LEFT BEHIND.

            HAS MAN BECOME LAZY NOW
            SINCE EARLY DAYS OF OLD,
            WHEN MAN WORKED TIL SUNSET
            IN THE DEPTHS OF SNOW.

            THEY WORKED THE FIELDS
            AND SPREAD THE HAY,
            WITH SWAT FOR HIS LABOUR
            AND BILLS TO PAY..

            NO PUSH OF A BUTTON THEN
            NO AUTOMATIC DEVICE,
            YOU DID IT BY YOUR HAND
            THERE WAS NEVER A CHOICE.

            HE TRYS TO REMEMBER
            THE GOOD FROM THE BAD,
            BUT THINGS WERE NOT EASY
            WHEN HE WAS A LAD..

            HE DRAWS ON HIS PIPE
            WHILE POKING THE FIRE,
            MISSING THE PAST.
            BUT GLAD TO RETIRE.

            WRITTEN BY ANN HART
            COPYRIGHT.JAN 18TH
            1993,ONE OF MY OLDIE

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