I'LL WORK BESIDE YOU
es OME round any weekend and visit our street And see us at our recreations, The florist is fitting a tap with a washer, The. plumber is raising carnations. The motor mechanic is painting his house, The painter is changing a tyre, And if I were only a jack-of-all-trades I could just sit in front of.the fire. The accountant is busy constructing a shed Which would be a disgrace in the slums, While the carpenter sits at the dining room table Misguiding his son with his sums. The forty hour week gives us leisure for life Until we ‘are laid on the shelf, So who'd have a tradesman and pay him the earth?
| It’s cheaper to do it yourself.
R.G.
P.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 942, 30 August 1957, Page 27
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125I'LL WORK BESIDE YOU New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 942, 30 August 1957, Page 27
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