Just Folks

Sue's Got a Baby

          Sue's got a baby now, an' she
          Is like her mother used to be;
          Her face seems prettier, an' her ways
          More settled-like. In these few days
          She's changed completely, an' her smile
          Has taken on the mother-style.
          Her voice is sweeter, an' her words
          Are clear as is the song of birds.
          She still is Sue, but not the same—
          She's different since the baby came.

          There is a calm upon her face
          That marks the change that's taken place;
          It seems as though her eyes now see
          The wonder things that are to be,
          An' that her gentle hands now own
          A gentleness before unknown.
          Her laughter has a clearer ring
          Than all the bubbling of a spring,
          An' in her cheeks love's tender flame
          Glows brighter since the baby came.

          I look at her an' I can see
          Her mother as she used to be.
          How sweet she was, an' yet how much
          She sweetened by the magic touch
          That made her mother! In her face
          It seemed the angels left a trace
          Of Heavenly beauty to remain
          Where once had been the lines of pain
          An' with the baby in her arms
          Enriched her with a thousand charms.

          Sue's got a baby now an' she
          Is prettier than she used to be.
          A wondrous change has taken place,
          A softer beauty marks her face
          An' in the warmth of her caress
          There seems the touch of holiness,
          An' all the charms her mother knew
          Have blossomed once again in Sue.
          I sit an' watch her an' I claim
          My lost joys since her baby came.