On the Peg.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 58, 12 July 1884, Page 4

On the Peg.

Handle it tenderly, \i n c 1 e dear ; keep it safely until next year. Put it in camphor as well as "hock." Add it to thy swelling stock. Give me the ticket, likewise the cash ; it has made me many a mash. Though often wot, ne'er before in soak, it must go now, for I'm dead broke. Sad memories cling to the garment dear, especially to the tailor near, who took my measure and also my note, for a suit of clothes and this overcoat. He said he could wait, so I let him, you see ; waiting, still waiting, he still is for mo. Like the grave, dt covered ma ny a fault, of shiny suits and Old Time's assault. Worn-out bindings and many a crease, many lost buttons and spots of grease. Its lengthy tails, with graceful ease, covered the pants, with baggy knees. Spring's gentle zep- hyOrswOill soon Be horojtake the Newmark- et, uncle dear. See on this left lapel a single goldonhair. 'Twas th ere was won't to rest the head of Annie fa ir. In the beautiful moonlight at the ga rden gate, Oft would we sit until the hour was late. And once when col-lared by her stern old dad, I thought a 11 was up with this young lad. See what a rent the old watch dog made, thro' here the old man's foot, was played. And, as he swung his number fourteen boot, it was ever so far away I had to scoot. Handle it tenderly keep it with care from the moths secret ravage8,fromwearand tear. Keep it till next winter's first snowy flake, and I hit the bank and make a stake. Then will I turn my footat eps here and redeem the Newmarket, the Newmarket dear*