Over
the hill to the poor-house--I can't quite make it
clear!
Over
the hill to the poor-house--it seems so horrid
queer!
Many
a step I've taken a-toilin' to and fro,
But
this is a sort of journey I never thought to go.
Excerpt
from Poem: Over the Hill to the Poorhouse by Will
Carleton, 1868
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