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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHO'S THAT CALLING SO SWEET?, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: The herds are gathered in from plain and hill
Last Line: Twas loved ones' voices from far off across the seas
Subject(s): Cowboys;homesickness;ranch Life;sound;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States
First Line: The herds are gathered in from plain and hill
Last Line: Twas loved ones' voices from far off across the seas
Subject(s): Cowboys;homesickness;ranch Life;sound;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States
THE herds are gathered in from plain and hill,
Who's that a-calling?
The boys are sleeping and the boys are still,
Who's that a-calling?
'Twas the wind a-sighing in the prairie grass,
Who's that a-calling?
Or wild birds singing overhead as they pass.
Who's that a-calling?
Making heart and pulse to beat.
No, no, it wasn't earthly sound I heard,
Who's that a-calling?
It was no sigh of breeze or song of bird,
Who's that a-calling?
For the tone I heard was softer far than these,
Who's that a-calling?
'Twas loved ones' voices from far off across the seas
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