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A Heap o' Livin'

by Edgar A. Guest from 1916

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Edgar Guest — 'the People's Poet,' whose syndicated verses reached an estimated 300 million readers at peak circulation — wrote the populist democratic verse that the literary establishment disdained and the public loved. His poems celebrate home, family, ordinary contentment, and the dignity of working-class life in simple rhymes of genuine warmth. 'It Takes a Heap o' Living to Make a House a Home' is his best-known piece. As reading material he is the polar opposite of the modernist canon — and for family or casual group performance, completely reliable.

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A Heap o' Livin'

Words
27.9k
Duration
~3 hr 29 min

128 sections

27.9k words
#TitleWords
1
WHEN YOU KNOW A FELLOW
2892:10
2
THE ROUGH LITTLE RASCAL
1721:17
3
IT ISN'T COSTLY
1441:05
4
MY CREED
1581:11
5
A WISH
3112:20
6
WHAT A BABY COSTS
2111:35
7
MOTHER
1140:51
8
SELFISH
1501:08
9
RICH
1431:04
10
MA AND THE AUTO
2902:11
11
ON GOING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
2852:08
12
AT SUGAR CAMP
2631:58
13
HOME
3862:54
14
THE PATH THAT LEADS TO HOME
2391:48
15
A FRIEND'S GREETING
2041:32
16
A SONG
810:36
17
OLD FRIENDS
3642:44
18
FOLKS
2972:14
19
LITTLE MASTER MISCHIEVOUS
2021:31
20
OPPORTUNITY
580:26
21
THE SORROW TUGS
2802:06
22
ONLY A DAD
1791:21
23
HARD KNOCKS
1961:28
24
SPRING IN THE TRENCHES
2902:11
25
FATHER
2361:46
26
LADDIES
930:42
27
THE LIVING BEAUTIES
1601:12
28
AT BREAKFAST TIME
2932:12
29
CAN'T
2752:04
30
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
3562:40
31
RESULTS AND ROSES
720:32
32
THE OTHER FELLOW
1841:23
33
OUR DUTY TO OUR FLAG
1230:55
34
THE HUNTER
1341:00
35
IT'S SEPTEMBER
5313:59
36
LIFE
1130:51
37
STORY TELLING
2692:01
38
CANNING TIME
1841:23
39
THE DULL ROAD
1140:51
40
THE APPLE TREE
2822:07
41
THE HOME-TOWN
1661:15
42
TAKE HOME A SMILE
1050:47
43
COURAGE
2541:54
44
GREATNESS
980:44
45
THE EPICURE
1481:07
46
THE GENTLE GARDENER
1461:06
47
THE FINEST AGE
2251:41
48
SUCCESS AND FAILURE
1020:46
49
CARE-FREE YOUTH
3512:38
50
MY PAW SAID SO
2341:45
51
PREPAREDNESS
710:32
52
THE PEACEFUL WARRIORS
2291:43
53
FAILURES
770:35
54
RAISIN PIE
2131:36
55
LIFE'S TESTS
750:34
56
THE READY ARTISTS
2792:06
57
THE HAPPIEST DAYS
2932:12
58
THE REAL BAIT
1961:28
59
TRUE NOBILITY
810:36
60
THE SULKERS
1631:13
61
PURPOSE
1471:06
62
MOTHER'S GLASSES
2852:08
63
THE PRINCESS PAT'S
1771:20
64
BE A FRIEND
1391:03
65
THANKSGIVING
2812:06
66
MA AND HER CHECK BOOK
2782:05
67
THE FISHING CURE
2351:46
68
THE HAPPY SLOW THINKER
830:37
69
OUT-OF-DOORS
3082:19
70
REAL SINGING
1290:58
71
THE BUMPS AND BRUISES DOCTOR
1401:03
72
WHEN PA COUNTS
2501:53
73
PEACE
1010:45
74
NO PLACE TO GO
1230:55
75
DEFEAT
850:38
76
A PATRIOTIC WISH
1801:21
77
THE PRICE OF JOY
1120:50
78
THE THINGS THAT MAKE A SOLDIER GREAT
2702:02
79
THE JOY OF A DOG
1701:17
80
HOMESICK
2371:47
81
THE PERFECT DINNER TABLE
2571:56
82
TO-MORROW
1571:11
83
A PRAYER
920:41
84
TO THE LADY IN THE ELECTRIC
2411:48
85
THE MAN WHO COULDN'T SAVE
3882:55
86
ANSWERING HIM
2822:07
87
FATHER AND SON
2221:40
88
THE JUNE COUPLE
2742:03
89
AT THE DOOR
2211:39
90
DUTY
1200:54
91
A BEAR STORY
3312:29
92
AUTUMN AT THE ORCHARD
3632:43
93
WHEN PA COMES HOME
3152:22
94
MOTHER'S DAY
1881:25
95
DIVISION
700:32
96
A MAN
1681:16
97
A VOW
2041:32
98
TREASURES
2001:30
99
CHALLENGE
1150:52
100
A TOAST TO HAPPINESS
3002:15
101
GUESSING TIME
2852:08
102
UNDERSTANDING
3532:39
103
PEOPLE LIKED HIM
2311:44
104
WHEN FATHER SHOOK THE STOVE
2792:06
105
HOUSE-HUNTING
2862:09
106
AN EASY WORLD
2331:45
107
THE STATES
2331:45
108
THE OBLIGATION OF FRIENDSHIP
1521:08
109
UNDER THE SKIN OF MEN
1811:21
110
THE FINER THOUGHT
2712:02
111
STUCK
1811:21
112
ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP
2201:39
113
FAITH
2231:40
114
I
2662:00
115
THE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE
2311:44
116
REVENGE
1881:25
117
PROMOTION
2301:44
118
EXPECTATION
2481:52
119
HARD WORK
2071:33
120
GRATITUDE
1411:03
121
A REAL MAN
3102:20
122
THE NEIGHBORLY MAN
2762:04
123
ROSES
2101:35
124
THE JUNK BOX
1861:24
125
THE BOY THAT WAS
2121:35
126
AS FALL THE LEAVES
1200:54
127
INDEX
4603:27
128
INDEX OF FIRST LINES
1.1k7:53

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