Sixty years in Texas Page: 53 of 398
5 p. l., 384 p., incl. illus., plates, ports. front. (port.) 23 cm.View a full description of this book.
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SIXTY YEARS IN TEXAS. 39
THE OLD LOG CABIN HOME.
Dear memory's chain has bound my heart
To my old log cabin home,
And the boundless prairie free as air,
Where once I loved to roam.
When the deer was on the prairie,
And the turkeys in the tree,
And the bear was plenty in the woods
And as fat as fat could be.
Then the world seemed free and easy,
No selfishness nor pride,
And those that had a plenty
Were always ready to divide.
All men then seemed like brothers,
And for help in vain we'd ne'er appeal,
For we knew that all our neighbors
Had hearts as true as steel.
I shall ever love and praise the pioneer
Wherever I may roam,
And kindly love those dear old friends,
And our old log cabin home.
When I visit gilded halls and palaces,
In company or alone,
My heart not there, I am not right, I do not feel at
home,
My mind turns back to my dear old friends and our
old log cabin home.
It was there my dear old mother,
With kind and loving care,
Attended to my every want,
And all my troubles seemed to share.
With troubled heart and scalding tears
Sometimes when I'm alone
I think of my kind and dear old mother,
And our old log cabin home.
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Jackson, George. Sixty years in Texas, book, 1908; Dallas, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20205/m1/53/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.