Limerick Selections for 2YA Fight O'clock Revue

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 9, 12 September 1930, Page 6

Limerick Selections for 2YA Fight O'clock Revue

ATURDAY last had in store another bright evening for listeners to 2YA, when Mr. Bishop broadcast the fourth "Hight o’clock Revue." The original numbers always contain some surprises, and last Saturday was not without its quota. In the third séries of Limericks, on the subject of Motors and Motoring, the winner by popular vote was announced as Mrs. O. Williams, 52 Cornwall Street, St. Albans, Christchurch. Her Limerick (No. 5) read: There was a young lady named Rita, To a car thought her hubby should . trita, But the time has passed by And a new car they buy, Called a pram, and what’s morea twosita! and she has been sent the "Radio Record" prize of a guinea. The Limericks read over the air for judging in this series were on the subejct of Marriage, and listeners are asked to send in their solutions to Mr. Will Bishop, G.P.O., Box 10382, Wellington, by Thursday, September 11. The first six, from which the winner will be chosen are appended. The subject for the next competition is "Music or Musicians," and the Limericks must reach Mr. Bishop, together with the judging for the fourth series. ‘ No. 1. There was a young fellow called Jeff, Whose wife ran away with his chef; They eloped in the night And he heard ’em all right, But sometimes it pays to be deaf!

No. 2. A certain young lady named Morse Wed an officer out of the force; Her nighties were red, She ate biscuits in bed; He sure has some grounds for divorce! No. 3 A carpenter known as Bill Phipps, Who was working on Home-going ships, Got spliced, I’m afraid, To a fair fisher maid; Will the progeny be Fish and Chips? No. 4. We have a star boarder named Prouse, Who flirts all the time with my Spouse ; If theyre out late to-night, I shall switch out the light; I'll show them who's boss of this house! No. 5. A maiden who married did rue it, Her mother said, "Well, you would 7 do tt, But take my advice, Just pretend to be nice; Then grease all the stairs with some suet? No. 6. He was my newly-wed brother, His impatience he tried hard to smother ; When the nurse he espied, He dashed up and cried, "Am Ia proud father-or mother?"