MULES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 227, 17 November 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

MULES.

I ne\or would 'are done it if I'd known what it would be. I thought it meant promotion an' soma extra pay for me; I thougt I'd miss a drUl or two with packs an' trenchin' tools. So I said I'd 'nndled 'orses—an' they set me 'andlin' mules. Xow orsos they are 'orses, but a mule 'e i 3 a muie 'Bit o devil, bit o' monkey, bit o bloonnn', houndin' fool!) Oh, 1 m usin' all the adjectives I didn't learn at school On the prancin', glancin', rag-timo dancin Aimy Transport mule. If 1 d been Father Xoali when tho cargo walked aboard, I d ave bears an' tigers in, an' never"spoke a word; But I d ave shoved a placard out to say the 'ouse was full, An shut the Ark up suddent when ! saw the Army mule. 1 hey buck you off when ridden, they .v°ur leg when led; TTiey're mostly sittin' on their tail rr standin' on their 'ead; Ihey reach their yellow grinders out an gently chew your ear, An' their necks is india-rubber for attackin' in the rear. Ihey re as mincin' when they're 'appy as a ladies' ridin'-school, But when the fancy takes 'em they' e like nothin' but a mule—- \\ itli the off wheels in the gutter an the n. ar wheels in the air, An a leg across the traces, an' tin driver Lord knows where. They ro orrid in the stable, they're worse upon the road; I'hev 11 holt with any rider, they'll jib with any load"; But soon we're bound beyond the seas, an' when we cross the foam I don't care where we goto if we leaVj the mules at 'ome. For 'orses they are 'orses, but a mule e is a mule (Bit o' devil, bit o' monkey, bit o' bloomin'. houndin' fool!) Oh, I m usin' ali the adjectives I didn * earn at school On the prancin', glancin', rag-timo dancin' Army Transport mule. —London "Punch."