Miscellany.
MINE SCHILDHOOD. , Der schiltren dhey vas poot in pod, < ; All;tuckedioupfordernighdt|/ I dakes mine pipe der mantel off, ,Und by. der fireside pright ;; ; I diriks 'aboudf Vlieh I vas young— Off moder, who vas tead, Und how at nighdt—like Ido HansShe tucked me oup to ped.
I rnihdt me off mine fader too, Und how he yoost to say, ' Poor poy, you ha'f a hardt oldt row To hco, und leetle blay 1' I find me out dot id vas drue Vot mine old fader said, Vhile smoodhing down mine flaxen hair Und tucking me in ped.
Der oldt folks! Id vas like a dhream To speak off dem like dot. Gretchen und I folks ''now, Und haf two schiltren got. Ye loves dheinmore as nefer r vas, Each leedle curly head, Und efry nighdt ye dakes dhem oup Und tucks dhem in dheir ped.
Budt dhenj Bomedimesj vhen I feels pine, Und all dings lonesome seem, I vish I vos dot poy again, Und die vas all a dhream. I vant to kiss mine moder vonce, ■ Und vhen mine brayervas said, 'To haf mine fader dake hie oup Und tuck me in mine ped. — Harper''e Monthly, for May.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 423, 10 August 1880, Page 3
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199Miscellany. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 423, 10 August 1880, Page 3
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