THE FARMERS’ WAIL.
- j The following 1 me- vr- app" ; , at the present time:— 1 nder the spreading b» nlrr-i;.-; - ■ fhe farmer's homestead -+ - -; j Its lord a mournful man is fA- he plough- !:- .r,rt. i. I For 'tie laws that seize hi- ■? cheese Are strong a- iron be so - Hi- face is thin, and long an-: g.-r-And burn' like Pharoah ! s brad, j His brow j>, tor with honest *•. i His shins are blue wi'h kicks: Hi:- toes arc bent arid crumpled up From kicking a; the pricks. 1 Week in, wo-i out. from more nigh H*- toil.- to keep food cheap, j He ploughs and narrow- ere he r-'" zt For some one else- to reap, - And the only : he oven- his -o f- when he ;- a-ieer,. 1 i His children -ray a wav fro:.-. To hoe his noxious vreedx. [ Although they know thev cannot leori | Sufficient for their needs: . - strive to slay the novice- •- Before the ra-cal- seed, TJ , He goes on »Boday to the yard M'-th his little girls and bo-- : And the'- rejoice to hear hi- * - And 'he language he em:.1 When a cranky heifer plants a i i Oa trie spo t where it annoy - j | Onward through life he goe.. H-.- hopes to work for all LeT w&r.a Till his creditors forccloia, ■*' -And then in jin feet odd of earth —Farmers' Advent (j
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Otaki Mail, 9 October 1922, Page 2
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229THE FARMERS’ WAIL. Otaki Mail, 9 October 1922, Page 2
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