VERY LIKE AN ANTHEM.
A aailor who had hocn to a cathedral and heard some very fine music, was ciesoan ling particularly upon an an'bem which gave him much pleasure His Bhipmatr Jiiuned for a time, and then o»iM : "I cay, 13111, what's a hantbem?" "What!" re plied Bill, "do you tneaa to eny yoa door. know what a hantboin jb?" "Not me." •'Well, then, I'll tell yer. If I wai to oy 'Ere, Bill, #ivi mo that 'ondspiko,' that wouldn't be o- banthtm ; but il I wun to say. " Bill, Bii!, Bill, «ivo, t!ive mc, flive nib ibu'. Bill give me, Rive me that lißrifl, g'vo me that banri, heutlspikt', spike, spike. Bi 1, pive, gm me ha , tb«t hand, fior.d'ipjke, hand, hati(Upj|<«, spike, i»p ke, epiko Ali-rren, ah men Biligiveincibatbaudbpil'e, »[ ike, Ah-meu,', why tbot would be a harithem."
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North Otago Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 6632, 3 May 1888, Page 4
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140VERY LIKE AN ANTHEM. North Otago Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 6632, 3 May 1888, Page 4
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