CURATE'S COMIC OPERA.
VICAR'S DAUGHTER PLAYS THE PRINCIPAL: PART. , London, January 25. . Southgate, a London , suburb on* the Great Northern line, has ;a- curate—tho Rev. H. D. Hinde—who ,'lias; .'written-tweiityrthree dramatic works. ( His litest composition, a comic opera, entitled "The Lost.Dew.drops," has attracted crowded audiences to the village hall for ono lriatineo and three evening performances. \ i ? Tho vicar's daughter, Miss .Phoebe. Stocks,' took a principal .part, in the 'comicVdporaivr'.C song on English'slang given failed to win an encore. : Xho-first\verso ruus- 1 as follows — Ze English'; idiom is -V. A very'furi7].y way'*' v .' ; S; ! .- . ; Of telling ozcr'folk . "•-. '. ':''V ' What. you : 'say, . ' If you would,'make theni 'stop, :. Whatever''zey are- at, .. Instead,'of;."Stop," you .say . ' "Chuckeet," • '"Shut. up," "Eats:",.. : One of the chief lovo ballads has the fol-' lowing verso: — . . Two littlo turtle-doves' one'.summer. day, Vowed each other their hearts away. He found her fat worms fur dinner and ' tea, He her to sleep with a sweet lullaby j ; And their lives were as happy 'as could bcV
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 10
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165CURATE'S COMIC OPERA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 10
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