THE MORTGAGE PAID.

THE MORTGAGE.
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We ain’t havin’ many luxuries, like. city folkses do,
We ain’t wearin’ all the latest styles an’ all our clothes ain’t new:
Of our honesty and goodness we ain’t makin’ no parade,
But we’re havin’ all we want to eat an’ got the mortgage paid.
We ain’t pilin’ up a fortune for the boys to fight about
When our last day’s work is over an’ we’re steppin’ down an’ out,
But it’s good to have succeeded in the effort that we made
For to keep things runnin’ smoothly an’ to get the mortgage paid.
We have had our share of ups and downs, as other people do,
But we’ve tried to keep our spirits up when things were lookin’ blue;
We’ll be ready for the ending when the game of life is played,
For we’ve raised the children best we knew and got the mortgage paid.