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Tomps 'ud allus haf to say / Somepin' 'bout "his mother's way. " -- / _He_ lived hard-like -- never jined / Any church of any kind. -- / "It was Mother's way," says he, / "To be good enough fer _me_ / And her too, -- and certinly / Lord has heerd _her_ pray!"
Propped up on his dyin' bed, -- / "Shore as Heaven's overhead, / I'm a-goin' there," he said -- - / "It was Mother's way. "