Country Letter
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ear brother robin this comes from us allWith our kind love and could Gip write and allThough but a dog he'd have his love to spareFor still he knows and by your corner chairThe moment he comes in he lyes him downand seems to fancy you are in the town.This leaves us well in health thank God for thatFor old acquaintance Sue has kept your hatWhich mother brushes ere she lays it byeand every sunday goes upstairs to cryJane still is yours till you come back agenand neer so much as dances with the menand ned the woodman every week comes inand asks about you kindly as our kinand he with this and goody Thompson sendsRemembrances with those of all our friendsFather with us sends love untill he hearsand mother she has nothing but her tearsYet wishes you like us in health the sameand longs to see a letter with your nameSo loving brother don't forget to writeOld Gip lies on the hearth stone every nightMother can't bear to turn him out of doorsand never noises now of dirty floorsFather will laugh but lets her have her wayand Gip for kindness get a double paySo Robin write and let us quickly seeYou don't forget old friends no more than weNor let my mother have so much to blameTo go three journeys ere your letter came.
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