WEE HUGHIE.
He’s gone to school, wee Hughio, An’ him not four. Sure I saw the fright was in him When he left the door. But he took a hand o’ Denny An’ a hand o’ Dan, Wi’ Joe’s owld coat upon him— Och,- the poor wee man! He cut the quarest figure, More stout nor thin; An’ trottin’ right and steady Wi’ his toes turned in. • I watched, him to the corner O’ the big turf stack, An’ the more his feet went forrlt. Still his head turned back. He was lookin’ would I call him. — Och, my heart was wo.o — Sure it’s lost I am without him But he be to go. I followed to the turnin’ When they passed it by, God help him, he was cryin’ An’ maybe, so was I. —Elizabeth Shanj.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2562, 20 December 1924, Page 3
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137WEE HUGHIE. Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2562, 20 December 1924, Page 3
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