LADIES’ EXPRESS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 336, 25 December 1875, Page 2

LADIES’ EXPRESS.

[ The Editor will be glad to give insertion to any loval contributions from his lady friends that niay be considered interesting in the family or to the sex generally'] :oTEE MAIIINEUN ALPHABET. Aia —“Paddy’s Wedding.” . Now will you hear Xiw- lettVK In Alphabetic order O, About a ship That goes a trip Across the raging water O First, A you know to the Anchor stands That keeps the ship from shifting O,— When lying rather close to lands There’s danger of her drifting O. Chorus —Now list to me Learn ABC According to my showing O ; J ust read it once You’ll be no dunce For learned you’ll be growing O. Then next you see Comes letter B For the Boatswain it is standing O C s for Captain And the Cupstain D’s the Deck less firm than landing O ; E’s the Ensign that waves so free * When in good British keeping O And E’s the Forecastle you’ll agree Where weary Tars are sleeping O. G- is the G-ule Then take in sail For the wind “ great guns” is blowing O ; H is the Hold A so droll Below not worth the showing O J is the Jib the name of a sail ; K shows the knots wer’e going O ; L is the Lee shore that turns us pule When tide against us is flowing O’ M is the Mast That’s fixed so fast; N stands for Navigation O ; O is tile Ocean —• * Its wild emotion Oft causes a queer sensation O ; P is the Port for which we’re bound ; Q is the Queen our Lady O ; R is the Rudder that turns the ship round With a light in front when it’s shady O 8 is the Sea The wild and free • And the Ship’s so good, precisely O ; Then T in a crack-oh Stands for Tobacco Which the sailor chews so nicely O ; With Li the Union Jack me meet Composed of many crosses O ; V is the Victory to our fleet When foes have met some lasses O. • And now the Wind • We bring to miwd With W the letter O ; « But then comes X We can’t annex With Y we fare much better O ; v lt is the Yard so strongly braced, secure from turning or bending O; Lest Z the end .of letters is placed— It cries out Zounds ; your’e ending Chorus —Now list to me, &c. P. S. Gisborne, N.Z.