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Moosehaven visit by our beautiful Mooseheart girls
To visit Moosehaven came six beautiful girls
Mooseheart sent the best of their pearls
Here to spend a week with us
for those who live here it’s another plus
They are so pleasant to be around
never making a rash or loud sound
Having manners that outshine most
of their family teachers we can only boast
At breakfast when we see their graceful smiles
shows us they are being raised in the best of styles
We wish more members could only see
the difference in a child’s life that can be
By signing those outside our fraternity’s gate
you can make what we do even more great
Get on the phone and collect some dues
wake up those who tend to snooze
Bring them back by showing our pride
of helping children get up to their stride
The Bard of Moosehaven
To Mooseheart God sends his most beautiful children
These beautiful children are sent to our care
by a God who came to answer their lonely prayer
Of a life were they can run and have lots of fun
a soft pillow to lie on when they are done
Knowing they are kept warm and safe
right down to our tiniest waif
To study and learn how to make the world a better place
doing it with a cert-en finesse and grace
For themselves and their school they will bring honor
growing to be some of our greatest fawner
After college a new future for them
as they are as bright as a gleaming gem
Exceeding to excellence in all they do
standing so tall, brave and true
They amazes us all and and make so proud
from the Mountain tops their stories we yell aloud
From sea to sea we wish them Gods speed
with the knowledge of how great they will succeed
The Bard of Moosehaven
Magnificent Moosehaven on the beautiful Saint John River
As the beautiful Saint John River slowly flows north
a bright new day to all is savored and brought forth
Moving at our retirement pace
to make living here a perfect place
It soothes us with a soft warm breeze
which makes you reach out to give someone a squeeze
This causes our stately trees to gently sway
for all this is each night is why we pray
With the scent of all the flowers abloom
some would call this heavens waiting room
Members for a visit come each day
to see where as seniors they will stay
After their tour they are awed
for everything they have seen all do laud
They leave Moosehaven with such a happy vision
eased in how to make their final decision
In their hearts our secret now is a glow
memories in pictures they did stow
Of this paradise on earth they have now found
where so many in their nineties do abound
The Bard of Moosehaven
Your Home Should be our Home
If your mind is starting to roam
for home repairs you need a loan
Cooking for yourself is becoming a chore
you re lie on others to get to the store
Putting things off for another day
saying medicine or food which one do I pay
No copay for the doctor I can not go
spending the winter shut in by snow
The car is old and needs repair
going up stairs you run out of air
Family has grown and moved away
each day alone I do stay
If on the highway you hate to drive
fearing each day you will never survive
In our lives we have no more danger
we do not fear of a knock from a stranger
If any of these dilemmas you have a few
our home we would gladly share with you
Moosehaven is the greatest place to stay
with helpful staff going out of their way
The Bard of Moosehaven
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