A BLACKSMITH'S SONG.
Bellows, yem iiuisl roar, and anvil you musl ring; Ilainmer, you and I must work, for din-, •long, ding! Must dress mv Kate mid l.aliv, anil bread for us must bring. So dim-, ding, il.mgdiiig! Anvil to my hammer make music while I ° Clang, cling, clang, cling: Dear to Kate's ear, my old hammer, is your For nhife mv anvil rings and dings she knows there's nothing wrung; SI,,- knows we're busv earning what will lie hers ere long. Sir- hears "lJing, dung, ding, doirg! Oh, well 1 1., - mv smithy when tic 1.ir.1.- in spring time sing, _ . And tin ph H mil ?u i ihiiiii - streaming in, the su i that loves to bring lis gladness tome. w v rkiu,-. and to hear in;, moil r„,g, Don,-, li . d ■ ■'■ -■'■ Merrily the hour- llv tlu.t hea:- my anvil mid glu-s th.v bring, Then, while ivsto w.irUs liesi.lo me, I'm ~!>lC limg%linlr', clang, cling! Give me always liealtluiud str. ngth to make my uuvil "ring. Clang, cling, clang, cling!
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 60, 23 November 1878, Page 3
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171A BLACKSMITH'S SONG. Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 60, 23 November 1878, Page 3
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