UNKNOWN

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3618, 1 March 1906, Page 4

UNKNOWN

Let me Introduce a gentleman you may have met 'ere now; He’s a dwelling: on a fertile farjm ’ n ’ keeps a horse and cow, *Nd eleven dogs, a cat or two, ten fighting cocks—-but say. He will swear by all th’ stars, thet farmin’ doesn’t pay!

He hez acre's uv good plantin’ land—th' finest ever seen. Whar th’ weeds is wavin’ o’er th’ soil in trancmilness serene; Yit by diligence he manages- t’ raise his winter’s hay, But he swears- with great vehemence, thet farmin’ doesn’t pay.

Oh, th’ daisies grow luxurious whar ’ta» ters oughter be. . ‘Nd th’ p!zen-ivy climbs around each shade ’n’ apple tree, So he spends his time in fishin’ (Jes’t’ drive his cares away), ’Nd cussln’ ail creation ’cause his farmin’ doesn’t pay. 'Nd the cracks betwixt th’ shingles on his roof lets in the rain, 'Nd a cardboard era, piece uv tin replace each broker, pane In th’ window uv b!,-; house, because- i: ain’t, no use, no -way, T expend a cent in fixin' up while farmin’ doesn’t pay. Oh, th' troubles an’ th’ trials of old •’Parmer Sykes” is great; An’ it would sot th' world a-wc-opin’, e-f tJO bull I should relate, ’Nd J know he’s perseverin’, f’r I’ve seen Mm sit an’ fi.-.h FT a day, ’n’ never ketch enough t’ fill a s arc or dish. 'Nd th’ lawn uv this creation isn’t what ’Nd Thar’s somethin’ sadly lackin’ in this country, great ’n’ free, When a [■!:•■-verin’ tiller uv th’ sod’s Thet with ell ids perseverenee, he hez never n vit pay I —Western Ilural.