Ruth
There was a great famine in Bethlehemjudah that was so grand
Traveling to Moab with Mahlon and Chilion their two older boys
The arduous journey they have undertaken won't produce many joys
As Elimelich and Naomi left their own home in search of a better land
For soon there after Elimelich would fall very ill as death was fast
And though the boys married Orpah and Ruth that too did not stand
To lose your two sons after already having lost your loving husband
Poor old Naomi was finding it hard as though she could no longer last
She told her two daughter in laws to just go and to let her also die
To go and be happy for to stay there was no good reason to admit
They both insisted and cried that they just would not even hear of it
But I guess after several more times Orpah did kind of just say goodbye
But Ruth had a different character as she stated her case so strong
Even Naomi in now seeing her seriousness and love had to concede
Oh but that faithfulness of Ruth in Chapter 2 and where it would lead
As all that loyalty that was within flowed from her mouth like a song
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