Singing Roadside House

Off the Old Highway,
On the sagebrush track,
Lone rundown house sat singing;
Singing about the people 
Who used to live there:
A girl, two boys, and a mother and father.

Father was a broke-back handyman;
Mother was a broke-hand house cleaner.
The children delivered the 
Newspaper in the nearby town,
To help their parents.

The girl grew up to be a teacher,
One boy is a doctor,
And the other one is a fruitful writer.

The old house sings when they
drive by waving.
The house sings in the rain and snow.

Off the Old Highway,
On the sagebrush track,
The lone old house sat singing;
Telling the story of the children 
To the new residents:
Mice, tumbleweeds, and the leaves. 

--Byung A. Fallgren