A HAND ON YOUR SHOULDER.
When a man ain’t got a cent, ‘ And he’s feeling kind of blue, And the clouds hang dark and heavy An’ won’t let the sunshine through, It’s a great thing, 0 my brethren, For a feller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder In a friendly sort o’ way. It makes a man feel curious, It makes the tear-drops start, An’ you sort o’ feel it flutter In the region of the heart! You can look up and meet his eyes, You don’t know what to say When his hand is on your shoulder In n friendly sort o’ way. Oh, the World’s a curious compound, Willi its honey and its gall, Witli its cares and hitter crosses — But a good world after all. An’ a good God must have made it — Leastways, that is what I say When a hand is on my shoulder In a friendly sort o’ way. —James Whitcomb Riley.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1741, 28 July 1917, Page 4
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160A HAND ON YOUR SHOULDER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1741, 28 July 1917, Page 4
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