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THE REPLY OF THE SONS TO
THEIR FATHER.
"An honest man, though ne'er so poor,
Is chief o' men for a' that."—Burns.
1.
Dear father, we have heard your story,
And as your head is getting hoary,
To differ from you we are sorry;
And yet we need,
Seeing that in your sins you glory,
Constrained by greed.
2.
Honour to parents is their due,
When they perform what they should do;
But the harangue we've heard from you
Discloses base
Dishonest bye-roads to pursue,
Dark crooked ways.
3.
We will not take you for our guide,
Nor in your wicked sehemes confide;
Our mother, too, is on our side,
Whose hope and trust is,
We shall by honesty abide,
Truth, law, and justice.
