A Bachelor's Tribute
Dear Aunt Daisy, excuse this epistle, But me and my mate, whose name’s Bill, Live alone in a shack, by the side of a track, In the bush at the foot of a hill. Though we takes it in turns at the cooking, As the swells say, our repertoire’s small, And I reckon Bill’s duff, is to say the least, tough, While he claims that I’m no cook at all.
We have read all the cook’ry books printed, (They weren’t written. for blokes such as us!); With their quarter-ounce weights, and their nicely greased plates, Spare the crows! Dais, they do make a fuss, Me and Bill always measure by handfuls, And the butter’s put in by the hunk. You should see Bill's face sour when he reads "Sift the flour," Then he heaves down the book and says "Punk."
But I'm pleased that our tortured digestion Has improved since we bought the new "set" (Quite the best thing Bill did was to spend that few quid ; He was hoardin’ — and Bill ain’t broke yet!) Bill declares that you give us plain horse sense, So I write this ’ere note at his wish, You .give blokes a fair spin, and you never begin As them books do, with — "Take a clean dish."
JOYFUL
JOHNNIE
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 45
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217A Bachelor's Tribute New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 45
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