WINTER BALLAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)

WINTER BALLAD.

(Sent .In by Ituth Scull, 155, Ruling ..** • .Street, Maimers ton North.) When Autumn time on earth 'lias passed, The Winter comes again. The snow is seen • upon the grass, So often moist with rain. When little roßin redbreast bold Is seeking foot! in vain, Jack Frost is'up to mischief now. He's on the window pane. The trees have lost their Autumn leaves, Which carpet thick the ground. The snow has covered all the earth Until the Spring comes round. ;v MY DADDY. (SeVifc-In by Sylvia Kerr,. Clnyenee Street, ; ■■ Heme Bay, aged 7.) Sly." daddy did not go to town '= .Last evening after tea, But "got a book and settled down • As comfy lis could be. I tell you I was very glad That daddy was about, To answer all the things I had _i. .7; Been trying to find out. THE CLOCK. (Sent in-by Julia Pettlt, Puliehuia, North Auckland.) rn my bedroom stands an old grandfather clock, Which seems to be singings Tiok*tock. Tiek-toek. When I climb up the stairs, with my candle bright) . I hear it singing; Good-nightj Good- ■ /. nw?ht!