HULLO, BILL!
WHEN Bill and I wore boys together. The telephone wa« new; And frequently ill rainy weather, With nothing else to do But just sit round with time to Kill. I'd call him up, with "Hullo, Bill! And Bill would always answer back: " Hullo, Jack!" When school days closed, so free of care, Bill got a job as clerk . Not very far away from where I, too. had gone to work. And often in the day I still Would call him up, with "Hullo, Bill! Ami gaily Bill would answer back: "Hullo, Jack!" Years passed; our youths had long since fled, And calm had followed storm, But though the frost was on our head, Our hearts were just as warm. Still, as of old, through good or ill, I'd call him up, with "Hullo. Bill! And Bill would ever answer back; "Hullo, Jack!" . . , , Last night Bill passed beyond the veil; . No -more on earth shall I ■ Hear from the distance, without fail. That cheery voice reply. ■. I only trust that I may still, When life is past, call "Hullo, Bill! And that dear Bill may answer back: "Hullo. Jack!" WILLIAM WALLACE WUITELPOK in Munsey.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14835, 11 November 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)
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195HULLO, BILL! New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14835, 11 November 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)
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