"THE GOLDEN WEST," or ANY HUSBAND TO ANY WIFE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1914, Page 9

"THE GOLDEN WEST," or ANY HUSBAND TO ANY WIFE.

Up up. my little woman, The clock is striking four, The cows are waiting to be milked, The pigs are at the door; So leave your downy pillows, The happy night is o'er, And you must boil the kettle And scrub the kitchen floor.

And after that, my darling. Our simple meal prepare, Then get your little wash-tub out And wash our clothes with care. And while the clothes are drying. If you are any good," Take my trusty bushman's axe And chop some kindling wood.

And don't forget the chickens, Their meal of bran and rye, You^ must put it on to simmer While the clothes hang out to dry. I will round the cattle up, So take the spade and hoe. And work in the tatie patch To make the taties grow.

Then the well is running dry, So carry from the creek Some buckets of cold water To'finish out the week: Besides the brown mare's fetlocks You'll poultice without fail, And currycomb her glossy coat. And plait her flowing tail.

And if some time remains, love. Before the supper hour, ,Do not forget to carry up Those forty bags of -flour. Then open wide those: sweet eyes, Mv little wife and true; Get up., get up, my dearest love— There's plenty work to do! ■__ LUCY JOLY DE LOTBINIERE Hazel Boswell, in the United Empire for December.