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FRIENDS OF MINE

We like to be hospitable. To what should we be more hospitable than a glad spirit or a kind impulse?

Good-morning, Brother Sunshine,

Good-morning, Sister Song,

I beg your humble pardon

If you've waited very long.

I thought I heard you rapping,

To shut you out were sin,

My heart is standing open,

Won't you

walk

right

in?

Good-morning, Brother Gladness,

Good-morning, Sister Smile,

They told me you were coming,

So I waited on a while.

I'm lonesome here without you,

A weary while it's been,

My heart is standing open,

Won't you

walk

right

in?

Good-morning, Brother Kindness,

Good-morning, Sister Cheer,

I heard you were out calling,

So I waited for you here.

Some way, I keep forgetting

I have to toil or spin

When you are my companions,

Won't you

walk

right

in?

James W. Foley.

From 'The Voices of Song.

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