TO PAINT-"FUN IN THE PARK"

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 14

TO PAINT-"FUN IN THE PARK"

THE GIPSY'S SONG (Original.) "Contented and happy, I've never a care, I haven't a home, and I roam everywhere; The birds and the trees and the woodland folk, too, Are all my companions. It seems queer to YOU. It seems strange to people who live in the city, They don't Know the freedom of life. It's a pity. The sweet honeysuckle's^ strong scent fills the air, And rose-covered cottages stand here and there. In 'Spring all the country is sweet to behold, And the sun sheds o'er all his bright sunbeams of gold." Napier. [ "WHITE FOX" (10)

AT MIDNIGHT. (Original.) The fairies dance upon the hill At midnight when the earth Is still. The moon and glowworms lend their light Which sheds a radiance soft yet bright On carriages of thistle down Come plxle folk from Pixie-town. Green-clad wood elves dance from the wood Without their magic woodland hood. Lightly they trip and fairy fays Sing and sway In their dainty ways. . Around the mushrooms large and small, Through sleepy daisies short and tall. Th» moot departs upon his way. The nymphs ha»e gone. 'Tis »reak-of-day. Bat out upon that little hill ' It's still s» very, very still. j "RIDER ROY" (16), I Porirai. ■.■■•■■

OVER THE WAVES. Over the waves . , • •' ■:And far away, ■ Sails a ship That Is bright ana gay, And at the masthead There's a. flag. Black is the flag, with white scull and bones, For a pirate ship Is she, Saling o'er the bright blue sea. Seeking for hidden treasure. On the Island of Secrecy. " "BROWN BYES" (10).

IN THE WOOD-HOUSE. (Original.) What's in the wood-house? O-O-Oh—the things! Shiny black beetles With wings; Big daddy-long-legs That dance on the wine-kegs., What's in the wood-house? x O-O : Oh—thing! Lurking red spiders , With stings; Sometimes a wee mouse Runs past the wood-house! "RIDER ROY" (15). Porirua.