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IF IT SHOULD BE
IF IT BE I GROW FRAIL AND WEAK,
AND PAIN SHOULD WAKE ME FROM MY SLEEP,
THEN YOU MUST DO WHAT MUST BE DONE
FOR THIS LATE BATTLE CAN'T BE WON.
YOU WILL BE SAD, - I UNDERSTAND -
DON'T LET YOUR GRIEF THEN, STAY YOUR HAND,
FOR THIS DAY, MORE THAN ALL THE REST,
YOUR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP STAND THE TEST.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY HAPPY YEARS
WHAT IS TO COME WILL HOLD NO FEARS.
YOU'D NOT WANT ME TO SUFFER, SO
WHEN THE TIME COMES - PLEASE LET ME GO.
TAKE ME WHERE MY NEEDS THEY'LL TEND,
ONLY STAY WITH ME TILL THE END,
AND HOLD ME FIRM AND SPEAK TO ME
UNTIL MY EYES NO LONGER SEE.
I KNOW IN TIME YOU TOO WILL SEE,
IT IS A KINDNESS YOU DO ME.
ALTHOUGH MY TAIL ITS LAST HAS WAVED,
FROM PAIN AND SUFFERING I'VE BEEN SAVED.
DO NOT GRIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE YOU
WHO HAS TO DECIDE THIS THING TO DO.
WE'VE BEEN SO CLOSE - WE TWO - THESE YEARS -
DON'T LET YOUR HEART HOLD ANY TEARS.
Bach and Offenbach
By courtesy of "Dog Training Weekly"
SENT BY: SUSAN MORRISS