Pupuke Lake
Matilda dear. Matilda dear, How does your garden grow, "I /lose it from Pupuke Lake, And to you ought to know.' Tell inc then, Matilda dear, What makes you look so sad, "This Water only kills my flowers, Because it is so had." What is it, then Matilda dear, That makes the Water had? "Don't ask mc silly questions, You only make mc mad I "The smell alone, is quite enough To make my poor heart ache, And if you Want to know thzJruth, Just go down to the lake-" —Original, by Dawn Price (12)
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 3 (Supplement)
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97Pupuke Lake New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 3 (Supplement)
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