<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508469" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Ancestors</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A barefoot boy I went to school<br> To save a cobbler's fee,<br>For though the porridge pot was full<br> A frugal folk were we;<br>We baked our bannocks, spun our wool,<br> And counted each bawbee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We reft our living from the soil,<br> And I was shieling bred;<br>My father's hands were warped with toil,<br> And crooked with grace he said.<br>My mother made the kettle boil<br> As spinning wheel she fed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My granny smoked a pipe of clay,<br> And yammered of her youth;<br>The hairs upon her chin were grey,<br> She had a single tooth;<br>Her mutch was grimed, I grieve to say,<br> For I would speak the truth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You of your ancestry may boast,--<br> Well, here I brag of mine;<br>For if there is a heaven host<br> I hope they'll be in line:<br>My dad with collie at his heel<br> In plaid of tartan stripe;<br>My mammie with her spinning wheel,<br> My granny with her pipe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508469" data-title="My Ancestors de Robert William Service" data-description="A barefoot boy I went to school To save a cobbler's fee, For though the porridge pot was full A frugal folk were we; We baked our bannocks, spun our wool, And counted each bawbee. We reft our living from the soil, And I was shieling bred; My ..."></div> </div> </div>

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