34. GRANNY CHAUGHAM THOUGHT OF

All lonely, weary and bereft,

Granny Chaugham thought of mother

And all the friends that she had left

By the mighty Central River.

Only then did Granny Chaugham

Seem to feel the years were many;

Only then did Granny Chaugham

Seem to think of home and mother

And her father's spacious mansion

By the mighty Central River,

With the flowers in the spring-time

And the yellow leaves of autumn;

Then the coming of the winter

And the friends that used to gather

In the ev'ning in the parlor —

All the fiddling and the dancing,

All the gay and playful parties,

All the games they played together,

Thinking not of gloom or sorrow —

Joyous days now gone forever —

Days when father was good-natured

And her mother's days were happy.