Pioneer Hands by: bluerabbit10
Verne Garrison 11-27-04 Valley Park,MO
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Hands of hard work and strong Love
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Strong fingers and thick rough skin
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Hands that never saw a glove,
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Yet they knitted shawls for the kin
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Loosen tight lids from mason jars
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Butcher hogs, stuff sausage skins
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Home made lye soap into bars
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Rub scrub board, clothes so thin.
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Pull steamy hot clothes from the water
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Bare hands wring them dry
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Hot tin lids-- cook stove... even hotter
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Way too busy to wonder why
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Days end, strong fingers milk the cows
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Nimble fingers shape an apple pie
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Clean wore out apron wipes her brow
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Warm glances from corner of his eye
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Way too busy to wonder why