I take simple everyday things that happen to me and I figure it happens to a lot of other people and I make simple rhymes out of them.

For Age is not alone of time, or we should never see men old and bent at forty and men young at seventy-three.

I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.

Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to the lives we live. Let Thy love and let Thy grace Shine upon our dwelling place.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

Who does his task from day to day and meets whatever comes his way, Believing God has willed it so, has found real greatness here below. Who guards his post, no matter where, believing God must need him there, Although but lowly toil it be, has risen to nobility. For great and low there's just one test, 'tis that each man shall do his best, Who works with all the strength he can, shall never die in debt to man.