Toddlin’ Hame.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43320, 2 May 1908, Page 3

Toddlin’ Hame.

Toddlin’ hame] when the gleamin’ isfa’in, ~ ! Weary and wae, wi’ his face to the *' west ;*' Lang hai he toiled sin’ he left in the > dawnin’,. , Now he is toddlin’ hame till his rest ,* Hame till his rest,, whfere his wifie is smilin’,! , Hame till his rest, where his bairns are beguilin’ ; There has he biggit his hopes and his fame— Toddlin’ hame. f Toddlin’ hame frae schule and frae lesson, Doon the wee laddie gangs, whusllin’ in pride; Blythe is his welcome and sweet the carressin’ In the wee cottage by yon bm aside ; You bumside ’mang the hills 0’ the heather, Yon burhside where his day dreams gather, Where the wee laddie shall mak’ him a ! name — Toddlin’ hame. Toddlin’ hame, in our thochts and our dreamin’, Back to the land that our orisons name; E’en as the, sun, wi’ his mornin’ licht beamin’, Blithely brings till us a mesage frae hame; Message frae hame, on the wings o’ the mornin’, Message frae hame, dishonour aye scornin’ ' 1 Dearest auld mither, we honour thy name — , v Toddlin’ hame > Toddlin’ hame, when this life has grown weary, Daylicht is dune, and the gloamin’ is nigh. Peace to the pilgrim ! Nae journey is dreary, , Airtit by angels and led to the sky ; .. Led to the sky by a way that ye kenna, Led to the sky, gin it binna ye winna; Leal to the Lovin’ AnC—blest be His name ! Toddlin’ hame. Wh. Wyk Smith. St. Catherine’s, Ontario. . ,