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WHO'S THAT CALLING SO SWEET? by ANONYMOUS

First Line: THE HERDS ARE GATHERED IN FROM PLAIN AND HILL
Last Line: TWAS LOVED ONES' VOICES FROM FAR OFF ACROSS THE SEAS
Subject(s): COWBOYS;HOMESICKNESS;RANCH LIFE;SOUND;WEST (U.S.); SOUTHWEST;PACIFIC STATES;

THE herds are gathered in from plain and hill,
Who's that a-calling?
The boys are sleeping and the boys are still,
Who's that a-calling?
'Twas the wind a-sighing in the prairie grass,
Who's that a-calling?
Or wild birds singing overhead as they pass.

Who's that a-calling?
Making heart and pulse to beat.

No, no, it wasn't earthly sound I heard,
Who's that a-calling?
It was no sigh of breeze or song of bird,
Who's that a-calling?
For the tone I heard was softer far than these,
Who's that a-calling?
'Twas loved ones' voices from far off across the seas



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