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Coming here% L; U7 o2 b. ?1 d4 c6 W9 B
Settling down
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Homesick
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with a view of returning to home ground
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& p+ H; s3 p( O. V: s0 E0 Q/ fDays inched into years
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come and go back
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& q- ] I6 B6 wWe never did
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leave our children 4 U( M1 Q& o7 Q' M$ ]0 c
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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