THE WOODMAN'S REPLY.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1031, 2 February 1882, Page 4

THE WOODMAN'S REPLY.

JTo, mum, this 'er® tree Can’t be no longer spared; It ain’t no odds to me, , If Muster Brown was squared j But Muster Brown sez, “ Green, You chop that there tree down,” And what he tay he mean. Surely, do Muster Brown. Idon’t possess the ’ed To hargify with you ; A lady born and bred Is safe to speak what’s true. But put a case : I takes A job from Mr 8., And little ’tis I makes Out of the likes of he. Your heart-strings, and all that, Bound this ’ere tree may cling— To contradict you flat Would not be -quite the thing ; But if you talk of shade, There’s other boughs than these, And other folks have played, Mayhap, round -other trees. it’s worry good to feel A mystning of the eyes For chairs of oak or deal, And old straw hats likewise— To keep, if you’ve a mind, Tire things as -makes you weep , I’ve got no fault to find, If they ’re your own to keep. But thia ’ere old oak tree, As you don’t want to cut down, Excuse me mum, you see, Belongs to Muster Brown. To him you should apply, Though 'taint no -use, I think; And if you please, mum, I Should like your health to drink. —San Francisco News Letter.