Tomps 'ud allus haf to say <br />Somepin' 'bout 'his mother's way.'-- <br />_He_ lived hard-like--never jined <br />Any church of any kind.-- <br />'It was Mother's way,' says he, <br />'To be good enough fer _me_ <br />And her too,--and certinly <br />Lord has heerd _her_ pray!' <br />Propped up on his dyin' bed,-- <br />'Shore as Heaven's overhead, <br />I'm a-goin' there,' he said--- <br />'It was Mother's way.'<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/his-mother-s-way/
