THE COMMON MAN
Once on a time — no matter when— There- liyed aya v man— no matter where— His name, it might be Jack or Ben, But which' I really can't 'declare.. His age, I think, was— l don't know— I '-somehow quite forget how old! He died, well, several : years ago ; At least that's what I have^ been told ! He had a son I'm almost sure, And naturally he bad a wife. He had, it may be, several more, I do not know, upon my life ! Who, when, or how, or where, or what It's quite impossible to say ; There is no record of • his lot ; At all events, he had bis .day. My friend, this tale to you appears, No doubt, ridiculous and tame, But probably in after years Of you and me they'll say the same !
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New Zealand Tablet, 11 October 1906, Page 37
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139THE COMMON MAN New Zealand Tablet, 11 October 1906, Page 37
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