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<h2>The Tea Kettle’s Tune</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> I LIKE to hear the kettle sing At this time of the day, Such cheery thoughts it seems to bring, All worries flee away.{231} </div> <div class="stanza"> Now spread your table cloth so white, It tells me as I wait, Come, bustle ’round, ’tis almost night— The goodman’s at the gate. </div> <div class="stanza"> Long time ago it heard John say Some foolish lover things, And do you know that to this day They’re in the song it sings. </div> <div class="stanza"> It caught the gladness in my tone When baby Grace arrived, My pride when Jim first stood alone, My joy when Robbie thrived. </div> <div class="stanza"> All this was such awhile ago, You’d think it would forget, But ah, the tune—I love it so— It sings me sometimes yet. </div> <div class="stanza"> When I was vexed with John last night, And sat here full of pride, It sang away with all its might, And shamed me till I cried. </div> <div class="stanza"> ’Tis humming now, Come, broil the ham Or supper will be late, Put on the biscuits and the jam, You’re goodman’s at the gate. </div> </div></div> {232} <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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