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Edgar Guest - Somebody ElseEdgar Guest - Somebody Else
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Somebody wants a new bonnet to wear; Somebody wants a new dress; Somebody needs a new bow for her hair, And never the wanting grows less. Oh, this is the reason I labor each day And this is the joy of my tasks: That deep in the envelope holding my pay Is something that somebody asks. I could go begging for water and bread And travel the highways of ease, But somebody wants a roof over his head And stockings to cover his knees. I could go shirking the duties of life And laugh when necessity pleads, But rather I stand to the toil and the strife To furnish what somebody needs. Somebody wants what I`ve strength to supply, And somebody`s waiting for me To come home to-night with money to buy Her bread and her cake and her tea. And as I am strong so her laughter will ring, And as I am true she will smile; It`s the somebody else of the toiler or king That makes all the struggle worth while. Somebody needs all the courage I own, And somebody`s trust is in me; For never a man who can go it alone, Whatever his station may be. So I stand to my task and I stand to my care, And struggle to come to success, For the ribbons to tie up somebody`s hair, And my somebody`s pretty new dress.
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