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TOGETHER.
Together, dear friend, together,
Thirty long years,
We have boated and galloped together;
Shared the smiles, shared the tears,
Of thirty long years,
Together!
Thirty long years,
We have boated and galloped together;
Shared the smiles, shared the tears,
Of thirty long years,
Together!
We've kept loving faith with each other,
Thirty long years—
In the friend ever finding the brother!
Had no fears, battling cares,
Of thirty long years,
Together!
Thirty long years—
In the friend ever finding the brother!
Had no fears, battling cares,
Of thirty long years,
Together!
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And the march was made easy together,
Thirty long years;
As we strode o'er the height and the heather,
And with cheers met the fears
Of thirty long years,
Together!
Thirty long years;
As we strode o'er the height and the heather,
And with cheers met the fears
Of thirty long years,
Together!
Slept in one blanket together,
Oft in sad years;
In the woods, and in all sorts of weather;
Keeping faith through the fears
Of thirty long years,
Together!—
Oft in sad years;
In the woods, and in all sorts of weather;
Keeping faith through the fears
Of thirty long years,
Together!—
Had our gay humors together,
In youthful years,
When our hopes and our youth were in feather;
Snapt our fingers at cares,
For thirty long years,
Together!
In youthful years,
When our hopes and our youth were in feather;
Snapt our fingers at cares,
For thirty long years,
Together!
From boyhood to manhood together;
Now, in late years,
When we're reaching the sunset together,
The memory still cheers,
Of our long loving years
Together!
Now, in late years,
When we're reaching the sunset together,
The memory still cheers,
Of our long loving years
Together!
How long we may still keep together,
In future years,
Matters not, if we sleep 'neath the heather,
In repose, at the close
Of the long journey together—
Thirty long years
Together! Together!
In future years,
Matters not, if we sleep 'neath the heather,
In repose, at the close
Of the long journey together—
Thirty long years
Together! Together!
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