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Edgar Guest - A Coming Reunion
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Jim’s made good in the world out there, an` Kate has a man that`s true,
No better, of course, than she deserves; she`s rich, but she`s happy, too; 
Fred is manager, full-fledged now—he`s boss of a big concern 
An` I lose my breath when I think sometimes of the money that he can earn; 
Clever—the word don`t mean enough to tell what they really are, 
Clever, an` honest an` good an` kind—if you doubt me, ask their Ma.

Proud of `em! Well, I should say we are, an` we have a right to be, 
Some are proud to have one child, an` I am proud of three! 
That`s all the honor a fellow needs, why Ma an` I often say 
There isn`t a king or a queen on earth as proud as we are today; 
Three babies off in the world out there, all honest an` kind an` true, 
That`s something to brag of when you are old an` your journey is almost through.

We`ve stretched the table out a bit, the way that it used to be, 
When we were younger—an` here`s Ma`s chair, an` there is a place for me; 
An` there`s a chair for our little Kate an` one for the man she wed, 
An` yonder, just to the left of Ma, is a place for our baby Fred, 
An` Jim, the eldest, will sit by me—they`re comin` Thanksgiving day 
To sit once more where they used to sit before they went away.

They ain`t ashamed of the old, old place, an` they ain`t ashamed of me, 
An` they`re just as proud of their dear old Ma as ever they used to be; 
They`ve got rich friends in the city now, an` there`s nothing that`s fine they lack, 
But their hearts still stay with us here at home, and they joy in the comin` back. 
So we`ve stretched the table out a bit to the length that it was when they 
Were youngsters here in the home with us. They`re comin` Thanksgiving day.
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