OUR FATHER.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 42, 7 January 1921, Page 8

OUR FATHER.

The man we get our money from At breakfast time i, Eating his bacon vt To catch the eight l.. One time he used to say "Good-bye,'* And kiss my mummy too — Suppose the train goes earlier now Than what it used to do. The man we get our money from Comes back when I'm in ced ; - I sometimes hear his latchkey click And listen to what's said. "That yon?" calls mummy down the stairs, And he says "Yes, it's me. And Mummy says, "Here's Wilki-isoa'jf Account for eighteen-three.'' And almost every Saturday He comes back much too soon ; We send him out to mow the lavri Most of the afternoon. And since he's here on Suniay too, When it is wrong to mow, He takes the papers after lunch And sieeps an hour or so. The man we get our money from Gives presents when it's right, When Christmas or my birthday comes, But not with much dclight I know he sometimes nas to he Reminded of the day, And mummy chooses what T d like— He only has to pay. He does not ca-re for j Jay a::d fun — ■ We do, but he does not ; Just work and writing che'jues are all The interests he's got. Our screams of laughter oniy make Him look depressed ar.d orini ; He can't care very much for us, And we don't care for h.m. The man we get our m mey from Is growing old and white, And makes himself a nuisance with The way he coughs afc mgbo; And, well, I can't help thinking that 'Twould be a better plan If we just had tbe money, and Could do without tlie man.