SATURDAY NIGHT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 264, 4 October 1884, Page 3

SATURDAY NIGHT.

, THE FIRESIDE.

Go ahd I«earn a Trade.

[The undemoted song by a celebrated American vocalist ia published fop the good it ought to do. It may ? not be poetry, bat it ia good sense, and young ladies should learn to sing it for the benefit of the nice young men who aspire to matrimony. Of -course if the young man * 8 a * ar ~. mei,*it is noti.meanfc that he should leave ihat for Hpiuething else.] I'll sing- a song to-night, An«l?«very word is tfife." " You'llrfind that ev,ery line is meant,. Young gentleman, for you l I've nq intention tt>' offend ; „ In wtfat is sung or said-^ The sum and substance of it is, To jgo' -4n'd learn^.a trade. rjC ' ■/ ' ' ... : ;r. • CHOBUS. The corning man i& he who liveß To sco his fprtudb made ; . Whonj^V'rybody will respect Because tie learned a trade. ' ■X.'.\:-' ■■■ ■''•'■ ' ' ;' :' ■ : . : "'- ; ' • Your education may be good, But time is flitting by, Instead ofr.waiting, don't be fooled ; The old man may no!t die ; . , And if he^should, the chances are Hiswillfinay be mislaid. Or you cut off without a cerit ? . So go aii'd learn a trade. , The country's full of nice young men, Who from their dutyvahirfc : Who think 'twould crush their family prido,^ : • • If t)iey ; should jro to work. Take off y^ur coat (your father did), And find some honest! maid ' Who'll help you to iriake your fortune \vlien V r . Yoil've learned an hdnest trade. Bo temporit* m all yoii' dp, , . Be faithful tb your boss. You'll find ''the inoreypu do for him Will never prove a loss. ■ . '; Yon'Hfin^^n fifty years from now, ' Whfeh^ame and fortune'^ ma de, Tho beat; step that you ever took Was when .you learned a trad©.