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Coming here
7 p) a9 v5 u2 |Settling down
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. [. X- D3 R9 c0 rHomesick
. ~2 ^. P+ A# S% RI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back8 P9 {% P3 t& p/ s( M9 o$ \
go and come back5 n2 G6 O+ g) q n
We never did
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resettle in the old country
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and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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