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I NEVER SAID GOODBYE by Pearl Sturgis WHEN MY DADDY WAS A BABY... THEN MY GRANDPA GAVE HIM CARE. GRANDMA ROCKED HIM IN HIS CRADLE AS SHE BREATHED HIS NAME IN PRAYER. WHEN MY DADDY MET MY MOTHER AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER... THEN HE KNEW THERE WAS NO OTHER HERE ON EARTH HE WOULD PREFER. "WELL, WE GOT MORE KIDS THAN COUSINS" (ONE OF DADDY'S LITTLE JESTS) "WE WOULD LIKE AN EVEN DOZEN... BUT WE'LL SETTLE FOR ONE LESS". WHEN MY DADDY WAS A FARMER... THEN HE WORKED FROM DAWN TO DUSK. FOLKS SAID THE OLD MAN COMER WORKED HIS WHOLE LIFE LONG FOR US. WHEN MY DADDY WAS A CARPENTER HE MADE MY WISHING WELL. IN THE SPRINGTIME MORNING GLORIES TWINE AROUND IT ON THE HILL. WHEN I HEARD MY DADDY SAYING, "YOU WILL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE. SOMEDAY THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN OLD MAN COMER'S GOING HOME". I HAD EARS THAT I COULD HEAR IT, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR AT ALL! ... I HAD EYES THAT I COULD SEE IT... BUT MY BLINDNESS I RECALL. WHEN MY DADDY WENT TO HEAVEN... THEN I NEVER SAID GOODBYE ... BUT MY GOD IN ALL HIS WISDOM... SOMEDAY HE WILL TELL ME WHY! |
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