MEMORIES
by Alice Swickard of Richmond, Ohio
The old Martin home Stood against the hill It's seen much living And it stands there still
But not for long Will it be there The new road will take it For the new thoroughfare
Our mom and dad Was a wonderful pair They are both gone now To heaven up there
Up the bend At the hold in the creek Found us kids swimming Every day of the week
Up to the hill top We'd pull our sled Then down we'd fly Past the barn and the shed
The old ice pond was a place Where we'd all congregate Laughing and shouting As we learned to skate
Down by the ice house There was a grove Where our reunions were held It was called Shady Cove
We went to church Three miles away Sometimes in the surrey Sometimes in the sleigh
And then much later We went by car T'was a Model T Ford And it didn't seem so far
We walked to school Two miles away Some days it was rainy and cold Some times a warm sunny day
Old Oak Grove Was a one room school Where we learned to read and write And learned the Golden Rule
The big Christmas tree That stood by the door With bright shining tinsel And packages galore
When I was sixteen As I came down the stair My new victrola was playing "Pretty Bubbles in the Air"
There were sad times too When sister Rhoda died There was an accident She went with God to abide
Eight months later Baby Lois came to stay But just a year later She too passed away
It's sixty years now Since I left home These memories flash back As I sit alone
Memories, memories Some happy and some sad I try to forget the sad ones And remember the glad
