A COLONIAL PARENT'S LAMENT.
Sung to the tune of " Rabbin Thomson's Smiddy," at
the wedding of his only remaining single daughter ) Hoo d'ye think that I can sing, When this night I'm sic doon-hearted ; When m»ißtly a' l lo'ed sac weel Hsf wi' their auld dad pairtedtf When first I tae this island cam' Across the aeethin' waters, I bleat was wi' three honest sons Atd eke three lauchia' daughters. Chorus -Fal the dal the dido, &o. We happy were an* micht been weel, Till the lasses, discontented, Ban afl galla tin* wi' the chiels, And left us maiat demented. First, Patle Gourdie tethered Bess, A dot loon took anither ; Noo Rabble Wilson b*s ta'enNeU. Losh, I would rather he had Wen hermither, There is some folk say the j oung chaps tae. Are a' gauo helter akllter, Like wild cowts scamporin' on the brae, Their neoks maist in the halter ; But gin that they wad tak' advice, An' live like cautious fellows ; They would wait tae see what Providence brings oot, 0' the wonderf a' Parehelia. Saddle HUI, November stb. . J. M.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1461, 15 November 1879, Page 21
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183A COLONIAL PARENT'S LAMENT. Otago Witness, Issue 1461, 15 November 1879, Page 21
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