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HIS MOTHER'S WAY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: TOMPS 'UD ALLUS HAF TO SAY
Last Line: "IT WAS MOTHER'S WAY."
Subject(s): CHURCHES; MOTHERS; CATHEDRALS;

TOMPS 'ud allus haf to say
Somepin' 'bout "his Mother's way." --
@3He@1 lived hard-like -- never j'ined
Any church of any kind. --
"It was Mother's way," says he,
"To be good enough fer @3me@1
And her too, -- and cert'inly
Lord has heerd @3her@1 pray!"
Propped up on his dyin' bed, --
"Shore as Heaven's overhead,
I'm a-goin' there," he said --
"It was Mother's way."



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