Oh, I settle down contented in the shadow of a tree,

An' tell myself right proudly that the day was made fer me.

  "God Made This Day For Me" From a painting by M. L. Bower. 

"God Made This Day For Me" From a painting by M. L. Bower.

M. L. Bower

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It's my day, sky an' sunshine, an' the temper o' the breeze.

Here's the weather I would fashion could I run things as I please—

Beauty dancin' all around me, music ringin' everywhere,

Like a weddin' celebration. Why, I've plumb fergot my care

An' the tasks I should be doin' fer the rainy days to be,

While I'm huggin' the delusion that God made this day fer me.

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FORGETFUL PA

My Pa says that he used to be

A bright boy in geography;

An' when he went to school he knew

The rivers an' the mountains, too,

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