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352 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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JOHN STEVENSON HOME
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AME, what's name ? A wee short word o' letters four, But frae the store O' langest words that tongue can claim Nane's got, I wis,
Sic power an Irish heart to touch;
Nane hauds in meanin' half as much As this. The hoose has share,
But it's not a' the word reca's.
Hame's more than furniture or wa's, O far, far mair. What does it mean ?
The cradle bed, the baby's chair,
A mother's love, a father's care. The first things seen By openin' e'en.
There are several more verses which tell of sorrows and joys, with this summing up:
Be it the aim
To put this in sic' compass sma' That one short word will haud it a',
That word is hame. |
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