ON WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
(Every day cxccpt Sat. and Sun.) Unruly Sun 5 Why do you shine invariably from Mon. Until Fri.? Oh! Why Do your celestial rays Choose these unholy days To deliver sunlit rations To Ohope Ohiwa and intermediate stations ? Old Fool! Where are you when my work is done on Sat. and Sun.? Daily While gentle folk recline Upon the. beaches gaity You shine ; But on Sunday when I would lie prone After nursing my jalopy To Ohope Why then t> I'll say The skies will be grey. Haven't you heard ? This is the day of common man. Would you deprive us Of. our common tan—Sun ? I'll bet. Despite my mournfulccrty t The dulcet tones Of One Y Eye / With accents mixed Of Oxford and of Bloomsßer-rie Say "Rain on Satter-die Further showers on Sun-die." I almost wish that I die ; SUN! (With apologies to Gertrude Stein.) W.W«
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 13, 3 October 1944, Page 7
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152ON WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 13, 3 October 1944, Page 7
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