Grandma Says
n the folks next to you act like those in the zoo,
A grumblin', growlin', and spittin',
It's a pretty good plan
To be calm as you can,
And do somethin' useful-like knittin'.
When a gossipin' Susan, with poison-barbed tongue,
Comes into the room where you're sittin'
And starts to defame
Some neighbour's good name,
Count stitches out loud ~ and keep knittin'.
When there's been a slight misunderstanding at Church,
And others hint broadly of quittin',
Why, the very best thing
You can do is to sing
And stay at your post ~ and keep knittin'.
When Satan moves in with his cohorts of sin,
Say, "you'll never find me submittin',
You irk me, I find;
So, get thee behind
And please don't disturb me ! I'm knittin'!"
In the middle of problems, the big ones and small,
It's always most proper and fittin'
To trust and to pray
Till the Lord shows the way ~
And go right ahead with your knittin'.
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