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Pa fussed at ma, and said By gun! / There wa'n't no use a talkin'; / Times wuz too hard to travel round, / In any way 'cept walkin', / And said 'twas nonsense anyhow, / Folks didn't want no visitors; / And said ma needn't talk no more, / 'Bout goin' home for Christmas.
"I'd like to see 'em all," says ma, / All pale and almost cryin'; / A gazin' out the window, where / The snow wuz fairly flyin'; / "I've been a thinkin', oh so long, / 'Bout mother and my sisters; / And savin' every cent I could / To'ards goin' home for Christmas. " / But pa he frowned and then ma sighed. / Just once, and kinder' smilin', / Says: "Well, les' go an' have some tea, / The water's all a-bilin'."