IN TOP TIME—A TOPICAL TOPIC.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 117, 15 May 1909, Page 6

IN TOP TIME—A TOPICAL TOPIC.

Three tops were lying in the ring, , Three tip-top boys stood by; Tip-top! They flung their tops on ■< top, To make the others flyWhen little Tim, from Topping street With top in hand came nigh. Said he: "I'll play at top with you." "Good; lay it down," said they; So in the ring ; among the tops, His little spinner lay. Tip-tap, came down a heavy top, And knocked the rest away. It split the top of little Tim, Apart the pieces flew; You'd think it was his heart that . split, ; ■ ■.■■ "■: ■ ' ; ■. •,,-'- Ho made so much ado. ~.':,; s'My top will never spin again, ~ •My top is split in two." The tip-top boys some pennies gave To Tini, and stopped his cry; And off he ran to Topping street, Another top to buy— A bright1 new top, a splendid top. A tip-top top to buy.