Simple living - Pantoum

We lived our lives with simplicity
Everybody had quite a bit of tenacity
Each one calmly accepted their fate
There was no support from the city or state

Everybody had quite a bit of tenacity
Life path was simple with ample clarity
There was no support from the city or state
Hardworking folks hoped for a small estate

Life path was simple with ample clarity
Nobody liked to receive charity
Hardworking folks hoped for a small estate
Small loans, payments all up to date

Nobody liked to receive charity
Hoping for more rights, still doing their duty
Small loans, payments all up to date
Incomes grew at really slow rate

Hoping for more rights, still doing their duty
Villagers were moving to the city
Incomes grew at really slow rate
People hoped their poverty would abate

Villagers were moving to the city
Low wages still worked with alacrity
People hoped their poverty would abate
High moral values were ideas to propagate

Low wages still worked with alacrity
Rich and poor lived in same vicinity
High moral values were ideas to propagate
Rich and poor could easily congregate

Rich and poor lived in same vicinity
Honesty, integrity, hard work without self pity
Rich and poor could easily congregate
Hard work pushed us to prosperity

Honesty, integrity, hard work without self pity
Everybody had quite a bit of tenacity
Hard work pushed us to prosperity
We lived our lives with simplicity


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