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Edgar Guest - Bigger Than His Dad
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He has heard his country calling, and has fallen into line,
      And he`s doing something bigger than his daddy ever did;
    He has caught a greater vision than the finest one of mine,
      And I know to-day I`m prouder of than sorry for the kid.

    His speech is soft and vibrant with the messages of truth,
      And he says some things of duty that I cannot understand;
    It may be that I`m selfish, but this ending of his youth
      Is not the dream I cherished and it`s not the thing I planned.

    I only know he`s bigger in his uniform to-day
      Than I, who stand and watch him as he drills, have ever been;
    That he sees a greater vision of life`s purpose far away,
      And a finer goal to die for than my eyes have ever seen.

    I wish I felt as he does, wish I had his sense of right;
      With the vision he possesses I should be supremely glad;
    But I sometimes start to choking when I think of him at night--
      The boy that has grown bigger, yes, and better than his dad.
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