DO YOU EVER THINK ?

Do you ever think as the hearse drives by
That it won't be long till you and I
Will both ride out in the big, plumed hack
And we'll never, never, never ride back?

Do you ever think as you strive for gold
That a dead man's hand can't a dollar hold?
We may tug and toil and pinch and save
And we'll lose it all when we reach the grave.

Do you ever think as you closely clasp
Your bag of gold with a firmer grasp,
If the hungry hears of the world were fed,
It my bring peace to your dying bed?

Pg 11. The L.A.W. Bulletin and Good Roads. December 20, 1895. Note: L.A.W. = "League of American Wheelmen".

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