THE FARM-HAND’S SPORT

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4707, 4 June 1924, Page 3

THE FARM-HAND’S SPORT

They talks about their scullers, An’ blinkin’ jpekey boys; And sporting men an’ women Rave about their racing joys. They brags .about their boxers An’ their forward's winning goal, An’ the cricket fan's a stickler For the Captain’s googley bowl. They walks about a- paddock With a bag o’ golfin’ sticks ; ' . An’ the paper’s always tellin’ Of their tennis-playin’ tricks. They runs an’ swims an’ cycles, An’ they wrestles on the floor; An’ they gets a team o’ fellers, An’ they pulls a tug-o’-war. An’ they thinks with all this business That .they knows of all the sport, But if they’s game to try it They can find another sort. Let them come an’ be a farm-hand; An’ the cows, they’l show ’em round, An’ learn ’em how to box-on, Where there aint no gong to sound. An’ if they wants to show us How they’s lightenin’ on the catch, Let them rope a scary heifer In a high-speed kickin’ match. An’ if they wants to leg it, Let Them chase a yearlin’ round 1 An’ if they wants to wrestle, Let them hold ’ini on the ground. An’ these big hefty jokers That’s so very quick to blow, Let them juggle Berky porkers For a half-an-hour or so. An’ when they think they’ve shown u§ AH the things that they can do, They can walk across a paddock With a strainin’ post or two. An’ then they 'talk endurance, An’ the way that they can last; Let them crow upon a haystack When the forks are workin’ fast. They talks of all their athletes, An’ I s’ppse they does no harm; But dp they know they’s missing All the sport upon the farm ? —By H.L.