While strolling along in the country
reviewing the scenes new and old
I found an old fashioned log cabin
so beautiful there to behold
A stranger was standing in silence
his eyes firmly fixed on the door
My heart ached in pity to see him for
these were the words that it bore
And the sign read An Old Log Cabin For
Sale an oaken bucket and well
Easy terms just keep a lo g on the fire
and a light burning bright in the dell
Many years an old couple so pa tiently looked
for their boy who's last promise did fail
Now the old rocking chair will be rocking no
more there's an old log cabin for sale
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A welcome I read on the floormat an
old braided rug by the door
The hands of an angel had made it
with many a prayer prayed before
In an old rocking chair on she waited for one
glimpse of him how she yearned
But now he was standing in silence too
late yes too late he'd returned
And the sign read...