WHEN ADAM WAS A BOY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 149, 23 June 1906, Page 10

WHEN ADAM WAS A BOY.

Earth wasn't as it !s to^Li... Wben Adam w£.= a Scl>oc\ = hjlr str-s'aea with crey V," en Ad*m was a h"~Tlien when the snr wov. d «oor<-h ana stsw •j-fiere wasn't anrbodv wbo Aske,! -Is it tot eaoarh for yonr" Adam was ? h-ey. Th**n» was nn front biwns to s>e Tsc-K-ec. tvten AdaDj wg> a ho> : Nr titchen prdetis -" be hoed Wten Adas wits a t-nj-. No :ce creatn frerierj to t>e tnmed. No erects ot crecin that mnn b£ chtimed. >",j pram mar !e-ssocs ;•"■ he lesrae-d, VThen Adam a boy. There was co stay:2s after school, Wben Adam w_? a boy. Beracse sometocy a ra!s TVhea Adam Was a bey. Ncoody oad to g-o to bed Without a sap cf brcth cr bread. of sotDerhir.? cone or said, "When Adfitc was a boy. Yet life was pretty flail, no Qocbt, VTcen Adam was s hoy: There were no football c'tibs iboot When Adam was a boy. No orsaa grinder ?topr-e<3 each day la front of te lived to play; No hnss band ever marched his w-y, When Adam was a boy. There were nc fireworks sx sH When ASam wes a boy: Nc one co-aid th-ow a cricket ban When Aiiam was a b&y. Put bere 1* why onr iftnes are so Uetter thin :be lods aco— There w-35 en 'Santa Clatis, fcra& — , When Acs 12 ——s a Soy,