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Woodman, Spare That Tree

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A Creed For June

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He’s Had No Show

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The Raven

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The Farm’s Lost Pup

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The Snail’s Reply

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A Whimsy

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In Politics

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Time

1986 Time was I held him in my trembling arms A bundle sweet, so warm, so soft and light, And counted o;er his many wondrous charms, His mystic, old-world eyes, his hair so bright, And all those Heaven-sent joys welled to my heart, I reckoned…

The Old Organist

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Nothing

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On The Blas

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The Man With The Hoe

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Now

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Go’N’ To Be Like Dad

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A Definance

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Do Your Best

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The Car Of Salvation

The Patriotic Dragon

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