THE TALE OF JACK JAY.
Jack Jay resolved the first of Jan. He'd never be a married man. Then, 'long about the first of Feb., He mot a witching little deb. And by good luck the first of Mar. The stpek he bought went up to par. He thought about her all through Ap.— Her face, her voice, her charm, her shape. And round about- the first of May He asked her. She did not say nay, As you may think, the first of Jun< . They started on their honeymoon. But as it came the first of Jul,, They felt their love begin, to cool. And, 'really, by, the first of Aug. It was as cool as any frog. So, on the very first of Sep., He .said, "Divorce?" and she said "Yep." "Yep." They tarried .not. The first of Oot. They told their friends, who all .were shocked. And, entre nous, the first of Nov. Each had in view another love. And when rolled round the first of Deo., They glpried in their glad rele-ase! Town Topics.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 11
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