HIT OR MISS
The dear little .Misses w?'raeet\yit^,in''iiiEe, What , hopes and, what fears th^ey awaken •; . r .'.'/,'/. ""•' • ; '~' ; '. - " For when, a man chooses. a-.Mjss-.ifar a \yife He may be Missrk-d or,' ]\r|ssrta,i:cn. '• "7 5 : When I . courted ;Miss Kid, and soured "the kiss,-; ,,_;' ,',S. •'„,"."".'/. ~. r • .*''? rl thought',; in the warjnth! of njy passjqn, That I'd made a great H^t'^'thus.gaimng a Miss ;' ' " '"' —' jy -'i But 'twas only a Miss-calculation.
For so many Misses surrounded Miss Kid, Witli 'me 'arid nYy love 'iniefe.iHg, A jealous Miss-trust put it intb: her- head, Thtit she ought not to give me a hearing. Then a certain Miss-chance that I met
one day 'Almost-SerVf ray l hop6s'*6) destruction, For she 1 felt of r. what I would
All owing, to' dne' Miss-construction.
Deceive^ Toy qne.Miss-iuforu^tiqn I wrote, <; . : Tue,!Cftuse of iher .anger demanding ;" M Miss-direction prevented her 'goUing the And, introduced' Miss-understanding ; . Wheu tp/inake .her my wife I exultiiigly i ..,i swore,'-, '. .',"', ' ' ! • Miss-belief made her doubt my mien:- -: i ' tion, ..Ami I. nearly got wed. >tc>.- Miss-fortune be■i. . ■ fore : ■ ' •."',.''
I could,. wean her'frorn'Miss-apprehen-sion.
; But^Svhen she no longer would lead to . .. . . .. ■•■ f? Noi\Ba u le4.b!y,Al.i%-Jc;pVese ; ntatioh,.> w She had with Miss-like a most serious**fall V|J ; T diit, ■>'> ■• i v -' ■ !■ / . ;/; And to *\ved felt no more hesitation. ' Bat when to the bhu'rch to be marriecLfWG -■■ •■ went,- .■ ....-.; - ,«.,.- .w . ., v ,^ Miss-take made the parson to linger, ■ And I got so annoyed by an awkward Missfit, That I put the ring on the wrong finger.
Having been so Miss-use'l, I, kept a strict watch, '. :-; For I still felt a fear of Miss-leading"; And I found, when too late, am unlucky Miss-match ' " '. ■ :: Interfered with the joys of our wedding. Miss-rule in our dwelling put ev'rything wrong, . -■■.:; Miss-inanageincnt there took her tion, ' : r ~ Till my ca;h, like the time taken in readthis song, ■ . - ; Was all wasted by Miss-application^
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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 369, 27 June 1884, Page 5
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302HIT OR MISS Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 369, 27 June 1884, Page 5
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