SPRING CLEANING 27 



Aroun' the hearthstone of the heart 

 Place modern styles of furniture. 



Clean out yer moril cubby -holes, 



Sweep out the dirt, scrape off the slum! 

 'Tis cleaning time for healthy souls; 



Get up and dust! The spring hez come! 

 Clean out the corners of the brain, 



Bear down with scrubbin' brush and soap, 

 And dump ol' Fear into the rain, 



An' dust a cozy chair for Hope. 



Clean out the brain's deep rubbish hole, 



Soak every cranny, great an' small, 

 An' in the front room of the soul 



Hang pootier pictures on the wall. 

 Scrub up the winders of the mind, 



Clean up, an' let the spring begin; 

 Swing open wide the dusty blind, 



An' let the April sunshine in. 



Plant flowers in the soul's front yard, 



Set out new shade and blossom trees, 

 An' let the soul once froze and hard 



Sprout crocuses of new idees. 

 Yes, clean yer house an' clean yer shed, 



An clean yer barn in ev'ry part; 

 But brush the cobwebs from yer head 



An' sweep the snowbanks from yer heart. 



