Penny For Your Thoughts
(HYMN)
The man was lost in pensiveness,
The girl looked on him smiling;
She tapped him gently on the cheek,
And then with eyes beguiling,
She said,-" A penny for your thoughts!"
And tossed her pretty head.
In soberness he took her hands,
Then slowly, softly said:
The girl looked on him smiling;
She tapped him gently on the cheek,
And then with eyes beguiling,
She said,-" A penny for your thoughts!"
And tossed her pretty head.
In soberness he took her hands,
Then slowly, softly said:
"I was thinking of the distant day
When you I first caressed;
I was thinking of the many times
Your lips to mine were pressed;
I was thinking that, in all these years,
I love you best of any. . . .
Now, sweetheart, don't you really
think
They're worth more than a penny!"
- By Robert Toole
THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL POEM, RECITATION, HYMN IN THIS ARTICLE IS PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AMERICAN COOPERATIVE JOURNAL OCTOBER 1921
THE ORIGINAL HYMN, RECITATION AND THE MOTION SONG OF THE FARMERS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTH DAKOTA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THIS HISTORICAL ARTICLE IS PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS TRADITIONAL LUTHERAN HYMN AND THE ORIGINAL RELIGIOUS HYMN OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES OF SOUTH AND NORTH DAKOTA STATES, REGISTERED AND PUBLISHED IN ONE OF THE MOST REPUTABLE AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
AMERICAN COOPERATIVE JOURNAL AUGUST 1921