PAPA WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER AND WHAT DOES IT CONTAIN?

Waikato Times, Issue 837, 30 October 1877, Page 3

PAPA WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER AND WHAT DOES IT CONTAIN?

Orgaasjthat gentlemen play, my boy. To answer/the taste of the day, my boy, r-WhJiiteVer/it :be,/ ;•• : • They hit on the key, And pipe in fall concert away, my boy. News from all countries and climes, my Advertisements/essays, and rhymes, my j //:/'boy,; V:;:; //- Mixed up with all sorts /: Of hying reports, • And published at regular times, my boy. Statistics, reflections, reviews, my boy, Little scraps to instruct and amuse, my •; '> <]-■■ boys, • And 'lengthy debate Upon matters of State, For wise-headed folks to pursue, my boy. The funds as they were and they are, my boy, The quibbles and quirks of the bar, my ■ ; i b °y» - , ■ • And every week . A clever critique Oh some rising theatrical star, my boy. The age of Jupiter's moons, my boy, The stealing of somebody's spoons, my boy, The state of the crops, The style of the fops, And the wit of the pnblio buffoons, my - boy. Lists of all physical ills, my boy, Banished by somebody's pills, my boy, Till you ask wicn surprise Why any one dies, Or what's the disorder that kills, my boy. Who has got married to whom, my boy. Who were cut off in their bloom, my boy, 'Whohas had birth On this sorrow-stained earth, And who totters fast to the tomb, my. boy. The prices of cattle and grain, my boy, Birectsous to dig and to drain, my boy, Bnt 'twould take me too long To .tell yon in song A quarter of all they contain my boy.