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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=506334" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Way Back Then</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like a little puppy, how I would run and prance<br>The first time I got to wear long corduroy pants<br>Knickers was the wear until reaching eight<br>They have been out of fashion since that date</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The girls in class wore neat little dresses <br>Hair of ponytails and long curly tresses<br>Everyone was friendly, no one was mean<br>Words were of encouragement, never obscene</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An open window would keep us cool<br>That was air conditioning in our school<br>No car, no bus, nor a simple mule<br>Get there by walking that was the rule</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The rain turned dirt into a brown liquid mush<br>That would ooze between my toes like melted slush<br>Oh what a feeling that was to a young boy of ten<br>So many memories flow from way back then</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A penny would buy me lots of things<br>Five of them was what happiness brings<br>We shucked the corn and shelled the peas<br>And our dear little hearts always said please</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The picture show cost a whole thin dime<br>That was the entertainment at that time <br>There was the radio with stories and song<br>Which we would listen to all night long</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No super market with its shelves of food<br>General store furnished the things we chewed<br>Our water was pulled from a dark deep well<br>My brother said at the bottom, there lies hell</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Missing Church on Sunday was surely a sin<br>That's what they taught us way back then<br>Dreaded Polio appeared to be everywhere <br>The iron lung seemed to be the only care</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But by the grace of God we all survived<br>Then one day in December WWII arrived<br>Everyone flew into action to do their part<br>Patriotism and sacrifice came from the heart</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rationing was a hardship but we didn't care<br>Support of the country was everywhere<br>The war raged on like it would never end<br>Every day we would pray and then pretend</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They'll be home by Christmas with a world secure<br>With hopes and wishes that peace would endure<br>God saw us through to the waning tide<br>Then the boys returned home with glowing pride</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those were the days when we all stood together<br>Through thick and thin and all kinds of weather<br>Many years have passed since way back then<br>I sure would like to bring them back again</div><div style="margin:10px 0">```````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````````````````</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+Beck">Robert Beck</a><div class=q>
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The first time I got to wear long corduroy pants
Knickers was the wear until reaching eight
They have been out of fashion since that date

The girls in class wore neat little dresses 
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