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[sid] => 1787
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Were They Really Hard Times?
[time] => 2002-08-05 13:15:38
[hometext] => If you remember the hard times as the good ol' days,you will remember alot of this.
[bodytext] => An old coal oil lantern,was all the light we had
We never had any better,so it wasn't so bad An old wood stove,that would heat only one room The family sat around it hoping,it would be spring soon I remember getting candy,every now and then And dad hollering boys get up,IT's 5 AM Going to milk the cow,in the cool early dawn Had to get the chores done,breakfast will soon be on We would have bacon,eggs and butter from cream A healthier breakfast I have never seen No high blood pressure,no high cholestorol We didn't use chemicals or pesticides at all Take your lunch to school in an old tin pail Have sausage and biscuit,everday without fail You walked to school,you didn't take a bus And in your bare feet,you kicked up thin dust And when supper was over,and the dishes done We'd chase fireflys in the dark,man that was fun Dad would chip off ice,from a big ice block And make homemade icecream,we liked that alot With sticky chins and sleepy eyes We kissed mom and dad and said goodnight We slept three to a bed,we laughed and played rough Till dad hollored GOODNIGHT, boys thats enough We lived through some hard times,but we also had good And I wouldn't give up these memories,even if I could [comments] => 2 [counter] => 169 [topic] => 21 [informant] => withlove_me [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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