THE FRUIT PICKER'S SONG.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1734, 23 April 1930, Page 6

THE FRUIT PICKER'S SONG.

(Ah - —"It ain't goii'na rain no mo",') By the Wayfarer. ' Some men find joy in whisky and There's some find joy in beer; But we don't get much liquor now Since we've been . working here;.... There's some find joy in pretty girls With eyes that .brightly shino An' I;find lots of comfort in This little song of mine. An' when the.boss is well away"'; I just lets'out a roar, Tiion sings tliis.chorus to tlie tune Of "It ain't genua rain no more." (Chorus). Oh, the ladder is my dancing pard, The orchard is the hall, - : The fruit is decoration at . Some festival or ball. M3h, I two-step up into a tree And one-step down again And waltz around from tree to tree ! And whistle this refrain. ! j And when the 'wander lust' comes on | My mind drifts from the scene; The boss lets' out'a yell and says, I "You're picking it too green!" [''lts iio d- good you picking that I 'Twould make the 'pigs complain!" "I'll dp me best," I say and then _ I think of this refrain , '"V- ---■ . (Chorus)/' ■: Oh, the ladder is.mjr dancing pard' And who can say. it ain't? My.dancing pard don't wear silk hose i : Nor.-useless rouge or paint.V- ---> She's like.the little bushlund girls, | Like Eva, Jean and Flo, . (She's like the girls I danced, with in i The days of long ago. ■.,.-.! j' fei ■ : ."..-.. -' ! The other night T went into j . The-shod'and'ate-a peach;; ' And just a half hour after that , The boss gave such'. a screech, "Who stole a flainin' blanky peach?" (The next "day was the Show, And in- my ignorance I'd.ate , •. ; A first prize peach, you know). The boss was cursing norjth and south A. whirling "was my brain; J. hunted up,my writing gear. '-,:; . And wrote, a ,ncw refrain. , - •,. (Chorus)...'. ..-,- Oh, the ladder, is. my dancing! pard,w.Too right, she just suits me .. She barks my shins at times but still We always do agree., She often tears my moleskin pants, : , '"She tramps upon'my,-toes, , , .: •But unlike lots of ;othcr girls --. She'don't turn. up.her nose. A dose of "NAZOL" in fiino will ensure, your avoiding that annoying cold. "NAZOL" never fails." 60 doses for Is 6d. ; - -