Grandma's
Day
Grandma got up
at break of day.
Milked ten cows and fed them hay,
Fed the hogs and saddled the mule
Then got the kids off to school.Did a washing and mopped the floors,
Washed some windows and did some chores,
Cooked a dish of home dried fruit,
Then she pressed Grandads's Sunday suit.Swept the parlor and made the
beds
And baked a dozen loaves of bread,
Split some firewood and lugged it in,
Enough to fill the kitchen bin.Cleaned the lamps and put in oil,
Cooked some apples she thought would spoil,
Churned the butter and baked a cake,
And then exclaimed, "For heaven's sake,
The calves have got out of the pen",
Went out and chased then in again.Gathered the eggs and locked the stable,
Went back in the house and set the table,
Cooked a supper that was delicious,
And afterwards washed up all the dishes.
Fed the cat and
sprinkled the clothes,
Mended a basket full of hose.
Then she sat at the organ and began to play
"When you Come To The End of a Perfect Day." |