THE MOTOR BOAT

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 65, 16 March 1907, Page 9

THE MOTOR BOAT

Iv the good old days oLypie—- . - Say,_in. Nineteen.hundred.?o._i;—.•..■ -. .. . The eeahoi'sa.was a.daady _place to rei_t InJ {There was hot too much excitement, And good sleep was what' the night meant, ■ And a daily nap or two the daywas'blest

Oh, the change that's taken, place! Motor boats '.'are in the. face,.'-.' ..".. With their p-p-paipitating,p-p-perpetual Pa - pa - pa -pa - peterpiperplcktapecK»« -: pickledpeppcrs-pa-pa-pa-pa-pup-pupl

Now before the dawn of day "Spreads. its-ati_r__on_o.n. the.'.bay, When the luUing waves invite to sweeteit Slumber. .'•'•'- __ ■_' Then from out the river-mouth P-p-puffing east or p...puffing, south, (Dash the motor boats in ever-growing number. • • <" ' ■■ , ■-*■■■■■ Sleep they drive from lovely eyesf - - - Men breathe baths, of lurid dyes, _._ And. the noisome nuisance of their potent ... .-'-..:'-'.. Pa - pa- pa _ pa -peterplperpicktapecko*' pickledpeppers-pa-pa-pa-pa-pup-pup! -

Xou are sitting oh the shore With the fair one you adore; - --■- On your lips the all-momentous question

hovers, - -.- - - - , When, with sudden discord, round Lobster Point, with horrid sound, Comes the "motor boat detestable to lovers. Ruinous to sentiment, _ ...... On the coast sweet bays indent, Is the motor boat'Witli nahseoue sinellinjß gasoUne of lowest grade And its . pa-pa-pa-pa'-petcrpipj.rpicktapeckc_ pickiedpeppers-pa. pa-pup-pup!

They have driven out the dories - " Which were picturesque in—stories, - — ■And a vision for the enterprising-painter, Now the; earless fisherman Fills an engine from a can, And p. E-puffs .out th' _e_ with' noise' that grows no fainter. . . - ■How. I hate the. motor boat!_ Neptune, sink the ones afloat. Or invent a noiseless one without its d-b----provjoking -•a - pa _di - pa -. peterpiperpicktapecko-pickledpeppers-pa -pa-pa-pa-pup-pup'