Submission to ‘The List’ from Taylor: Homilies/ Song
Submission from Taylor:
My father was a southern gent big on Homilies. His favorite when to bark at us four girls was, “even a bling pig can find an acorn sometimes!” (that was supposed to mean, we might get lucky and succeed.” ) I ended up writing a song of one of his homilies. I had pasted to every wall of every room, dorm, apartment and house I lived in.
when things go wrong, as they sometimes will
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill
when the funds are low and the debts are high
when you want to smile, but you have to sigh
when things are getting you down a bit,
rest if u must, but Don’t you quit.
life seems queer with its twists and turns
many of us sometimes learn
we could have captured the victory cup
had we fought for awhile and not giving up
when care is pressing u down a bit
rest if you must, but dn’t you quit
success is failure, turned inside out
the silver lining, on the clouds of doubt
and you never may know how close you are
if you stayed awhile, and not drifted far
when care is pressing you down a bit, rest if u must
but don’t you quit.
Shenendoah was a family favorite. My great, great grandfather lost four brothers on one day in the Civil War.
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