AN OLD LOG CABIN FOR SALE 
(Words and music : Payte) 


While strolling along in the country 
Reviewing the scenes new and old 
I found an old-fashioned log cabin 
So beautiful there to behold; 
A stranger was standing in silence 
His eyes firmly fixed on the door 
My heart ached (in pity) or (and pitied) to see him 
For these were the words that it bore. 

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And the sign read "An old cabin for sale 
An old oaken bucket and well" 
F'he returns, just keep a log on the fire 
And a light burning bright in the dell; 
Many years an old couple did patiently look: 
....2nd refrain: (so patiently looked) 
For their boy whose last promise did fail 
Now the old rockin' chair will be rocking no more 
There's an old log cabin for sale. 

A welcome I read on the floor mat 
An old braided rug by the door 
The hands of an angel had made it 
With many a prayer prayed before. 
In an old rockin' chair, long she waited 
For one glimpse of him how she yearned 
And now he was standing in silence 
Too late, yes, too late he'd returned. 

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