His Mother's Way

Tomps 'ud allus haf to say
  Somepin' 'bout "his mother's way."--
  _He_ lived hard-like--never jined
  Any church of any kind.--
  "It was Mother's way," says he,
  "To be good enough fer _me_
  And her too,--and certinly
  Lord has heerd _her_ pray!"
  Propped up on his dyin' bed,--
  "Shore as Heaven's overhead,
  I'm a-goin' there," he said---
  "It was Mother's way."