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(This was when I was |
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taking a correspondence |
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course in
writing) |
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| I know my lesson's long past due |
| And that is why I'm writing you. |
| I'm just as eager as before |
| To "dig" the books and learn some more. |
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| My sailor boy came home one day |
| And had a very short time to stay. |
| I washed and ironed from morn 'til night |
| To keep his uniforms sparkling white. |
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| Holiday time was close at hand |
| With presents to buy and wrap and |
| The house to clean, cookies to bake |
| And the schools closed, for goodness sake. |
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| Then for ten nights in a row |
| We rushed through supper and prepared to go |
| to Church. Revival meetings we had there |
| The crowds and sweet fellowship was rare. |
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| Last week a flu bug hit this crew |
| And what a time! I'm tellin' you. |
| Then add one busted water pipe |
| Makes me tired to see it in type. |
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| Now we have a little girl |
| With big flue eyes and soft blond curls |
| Whom we took to the hospital this afternoon |
| Who'll undergo surgery very soon. |
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| So give me another week or two |
| And I'll be sending a lesson to you |
| I thank you for your patience then |
| Until you hear from me again. |
