Louis Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyerwas an American poet, anthologist, critic, and editor. He was appointed the fourteenth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1961...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 October 1885
mother dad children
It takes a heap o' children to make a home that's true,And home can be a palace grand, or just a plain, old shoe;But if it has a mother dear, and a good old dad or two,Why, that's the sort of good old home for good old me and you.
children father blessing
And fathers are a blessing, too, they give the place a tone; In fact each child should try and have some parents of its own.
children dad good heap home mother palace sort takes
It takes a heap o' children to make a home that's true, And home can be a palace grand, or just a plain, old shoe; But if it has a mother dear, and a good old dad or two, Why, that's the sort of good old home for good old me and you