CHOOSE YOUR PARTNERS
Bill Spratt married Mary Mackerel, Bob Bigg was wedded .to Laura Little; Bennie Black to .Minnie White, Resolved himself he would unite; Gracie Grey and young Bob Blue, Tied a knot they couldn’t undo; Gerty Green and Robert Red, Agreed to share-a double bed; Gordon Day his treth did plight,- - To a platinium blonde named Nellie Knight; Bertram Bell his heart did bring, To the feet of Rosie Ring, Harry Hunt bet his shoes and sox, That he would marry Fanny Fox; Old Tom Crage declared his third, Would be none other than Betty Bird; Hetty Henly gave herself away, To egoistic Leonard Lay; They couldn’t help it but Charlie Cain, Finally married Polly Payne; While Clarence Coffin, with bated breath, Met at the altar Dolly Death; The parson who married them all is not, Married but remains single, Too much matrimony loosened a shingle! H. SERGANT.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 77, 8 September 1947, Page 4
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150CHOOSE YOUR PARTNERS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 77, 8 September 1947, Page 4
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