THE GUTTER MERCHANT TALKS
A hoary individual in London who makes a decent living out of selling penny “Every - time - you _ squeeze - "’em - theysqueaks,'' mourns the loss of the men Who have earned a living by selling copyrighted music in the streets'. . “Nothing,” says he, “can fill their places —not tiddlers, nor Lord Kitcheners, nor monkeys on sticks, nor cock-a-doodle-doos. Air* 'specially ole Brickdust. Poor ole Brickdust! Pace like a bloomin' sunset. 'e had. An' as for langwidge ! No; we sharn't never see nobody like 'im 'ere again,. 'E's been to 'Atton Garding and gome an' 'ired a h organ! Fancy ole Brickdust as a horganist! But 'e sez to me 'e sez, ‘Bill, I carat leave the perfeshion. It was music as I wos bred and born to and it's music asi I'll go. hon wiv. If I carn't sell no. more bloomin' 'Oly Cities, Fll play, em,' I will.' An' so 'e's gornei''
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1611, 14 January 1903, Page 43 (Supplement)
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155THE GUTTER MERCHANT TALKS New Zealand Mail, Issue 1611, 14 January 1903, Page 43 (Supplement)
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