Old Log Cabin for Sale

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 to see him

For these were the words that it bore.

And the sign read An Old Log Cabin For Sale

An old oaken bucket and well

Easy terms just keep a log on the fire

And a light burning bright in the dell.

Many years an old couple so patiently looked for

Their boy who's last promise did fail

Now the old rocking chair will be rocking no more

There's an old log cabin for sale.

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A welcome I read on the floormat

An old braided rug by the door

The hands of an angel had made it

With many a prayer prayed before.

In an old rocking chair on she waited

For one glimpse of him how she yearned

But now he was standing in silence

Too late, yes, too late he'd returned.

And the sign read An Old Log Cabin For Sale

An old oaken bucket and well

Easy terms just keep a log on the fire

And a light burning bright in the dell.

Many years an old couple so patiently looked for

Their boy who's last promise did fail

Now the old rocking chair will be rocking no more

There's an old log cabin for sale...