THE "OLD HUNDRED."

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 360, 17 April 1889, Page 3

THE "OLD HUNDRED."

ll aj.v a bar, half a bar. Half a bar on wind. ! Into an awful ditch. Choir and Precentor hitch. Into a mess of pitch They led the " Old Hundred." Trebles to right o£ them, Tenors to left ot them, Basses in front of them, Hollowed and thundered. Oh, that Precentor sloolc When tho sopranos took Thoir own time and hook From the " Old Hundred 1" Kcrocchod all tho trebles here, Hoppled tho tenors there, Raisins the parson's hair, While his mind wondered ; Theirs not to reason why This psalm was pitche.i too hit,h. Theirs but to gasp and cry Out the Old Hundred. Trebles to right of them. Tenors to left of them, Basics in front of them. Bellowed and thundered. Stormed they with shout and 5 ell, T^ot wise they sang, nor well, Drowning the sexton's bell, While all the church wondered. Dire the Precentor's glare, Flashed tho pitchfork in air, Soumi-'ng fresh keys to bear Out the "Old Hundred." Swiftly he turned his back, Reached he his hat from rack. Then from the steaming pack Himself he sundered. Tenois to right of him, Trebles to left of him, Discords behind him Bellowed and thundered. Oh, the wild howls they wrought ! Right to the end they fought ! Rome tune they song, but not. Not tho " Old Hundred."