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THE SALT OF THE EARTH
[Welland Telegraph August 1900]
There’s a lot that’s seductive in titles and rank
In station and pomp and degree
And crosses and stars on a nobleman’s breast
Are mighty attractive to see
It comforts most people straight through in this life.
To think that their blood’s a clear blue,
But the salt of the earth is its common folk still
Honest and simple and true.
They hold fast to justice and freedom and right,
They’re virtuous, manful and strong,
And it’s ever their mission to straighten things out.
When the world gets entangled in wrong;
Not always we’re willing to credit them up
With the glorious things that they do,
But the salt of the earth is its common folk still,
Honest and simple and true.
Ripley D. Saunders
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