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Not a log in this buildin' but its memories has got And not a nail in this old floor but touches a tender spot.

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  1. Fare you well, old house! you're naught that can feel or see, But you seem like a human bein'-a dear old friend to me; And we never will ha…
  2. Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way.
  3. To appreciate heaven well 'T is good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
  4. Things at home are crossways, and Betsy and I are out.
  5. I have talked with Betsy, and Betsy has talked with me, And so we've agreed together that we can't never agree.
  6. Betsy, like all good women, had a temper of her own.
  7. The more we arg'ed the question the more we did n't agree.
  8. I don't complain of Betsy or any of her acts, Exceptin' when we 've quarreled and told each other facts.

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