Lifes lingering debt


Be where I may when death brings in his bill 
Demanding payment for lifes lingering debt 
Or in my native village nestling still 
Or tracing scenes Ive never known as yet 
O let one wish go where I will be mine 
To turn me back & wander home to dye 
Mong nearest friends my latest breath resign 
& in my church yard wi' my kindred lye

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