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A PRAYER FOR BILL by M. REES

First Line: WHEN ME AND BILL WUZ RIDIN
Last Line: WOULDN'T DO TO FOLLER ME.
Subject(s): FATHERS & SONS; GROWTH; PINE TREES; TREES;
When me and Bill wuz ridin'
On a rough an' rocky trail,
An' I wuz meditatin'
How us human critters fail,
Soon we viewed a startlin' picture,
Drawed as akrit as a line—
It wuz one them matchless figgers,
'Twas a giant mountain pine.

An' then I tole my Billy
God had set it in that place,
An' how it growed toward Heaven
Fer to look Him in the face.
An' while my boy kep' measurin'
That great an' perfect tree
I prayed he'd grow jes' like it;
Wouldn't do to foller me.



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