The First Hundred Years

How fast 100 years go by When you look back through the ages Why, it’s almost a blink of the eye As I leaf through the history pages And yet, at the same time, you know Difficult advances were made An exciting first hundred years Now old pictures have started to fade And I truly do enjoy looking at them And wonder how life really was I know those past days were grueling As folks fought for the human cause Going back into the old west Riding horseback over dirt roads Until the advance of the railway Helping economy with heavy loads I appreciate the folks back then Their hard work and frustrating tears But proud to realize the strides they made In that first difficult hundred years!