April Fool

NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 7

April Fool

— . • ■ ■ / A chap walked into a crowded bar And he cried to the Barmaid there "Oh Lady give me a gin, a gin For my heart is sore with care." He threw a note on the fcartop brown • . i 1 And he licked his lips with joy And he walked across to the counter lunch Brought m by the Bar Room Boy Now the Barmaid Fair was a merry soul And she liked her joke did she And she filled his glass from the water jar And "Oho! Ho! Ho!" laughed she. The; Chap came back and she said to him "Your change Sir . . .. Thanks" smiled she And he raised his glass with a holy joy And he drank it down, did he. Then his face went red and his eyes stuck out And he coughed and he cursed and he swore And at last he cried "Oh a swinish trick, When my heart with care was sore ! " But the Barmaid laughed both loud and long Nor could her lips be still ' "Why Man," she cried '"have ye then forgot 'Tis tne first of Ap-cr-iI?Y "Oh, an April Fool you surely are! But have one now with me ..." . But the man declined and m silence turned And out of the bar went he. But once outside then, lis mouth relaxed And he laughed as ne'er he did "Oh, the April Fool she'll find" grinned he "WHEN SHE TRIES TO CHANGE THAT QUID ! ' ' fIWA lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllH