Battye

Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 March 1917, Page 3

Battye

4 (Perth Sunday Times). Amongst the list of passengers who mailed recently in the Dimboola were M. Battye, B. Battye, J. Battye, K. .battye. Hey, for a rhyme that will rumble along— M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, K. Batty©. Sing ho, for a needed nonsensical song, And a rhythymn redundantly rippling and ratty. Pronounce 'em as fast as your tongue wiil allow; Let your verses be spirited, nimble and natty; Prattle them off in a garrulous flow— M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, Iv. Battye.

They've gone to tile East for a holiday trip—■ M. Battye,. B. Battye J. Battye, K. Batty©,; So the purser adds on to the chief steward's slip, Who fakes up Hibernian stew and spaghetti, The piston-rods pulsing way down in the waist, Where the smell of the tallow's oppressive and l'atty, Re-echo the rhymes as they Sydneyward haste— M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, K. Battye. Hard by the ladders that take you beiow— M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, K. Battye, The crash of the cross-heads, the beat and the blow, The purr of dynamo, copperynatty, Sit by the shaft as it scurries this screw, Like an oar at the stern of a duckshooting flatty. A steam-heated carol to captain and crew— M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, K. Battye.

Sterapost to rudder it sings as it hums— M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, K. Battye— Like the metrical muse of mechanical drums, Or the summer-day purr of earni•vora catty. We hear it while sipping our bovril and toast. Our daily corned,beef or 'Peruvian patty, While passing each point of the cannibal coast— M. Battye, B. Battye J, BatCVe, K. Battye.

Isn't it frivolous, isn't it fine?— M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, K. (Battye. Think of it when you're requested to sign Autograph albums for Mary or Mattie. Chit from the bows that are biffing the Bight, Splitting the surges wool-crested iand scatty, Hark how the engines are singing tonigEt—l M. Battye, B. Battye J. Battye, K. Battye! —JDryblower.