Chess Song.
Tune " Coniin' thro' the Rye." Gin a body m et a body Ga :>e o* chess to try, Gin a body oat v b ■dy, Need a body sigh ? Ilka jilayer has his losst 8, Few hVe in iir thtin I ; But aje 1 n-eet \vi' «nile defeat. " Nane the waur," I cry. Gin a body play a lv dy At the «arne </ dios ; He needna doom, or fret, or fumo, Gin hc'=r in a nivss. Ilka plajer ha*, his losses, Few hik'c uiair than 1 ; Tlio i iucii^ yuf, >eaiii 1 t-ofc, " Na.no the vvau ," I oiy. Gin a body to a body Lose hh tyoiiny queen, 'Tis daft to te*r his t-cunty hair, Curbing foe and f reen Ilka player has his losae?, Few ha'e tnair than I ; But wherefoio pine a aame to tin-, 1 " J^ane the waur," I cry. Gin a body meet a body, I et the body ken ' That you can still defy hi^ skill, An 1 fecht ower again. Jlka player lins his losses, M ne I'll n-> deny ; ] fecht aseain an' no' in va,'n, " What the waur ?" say I. - S , in Glasgow Herald.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1639, 21 April 1883, Page 23
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193Chess Song. Otago Witness, Issue 1639, 21 April 1883, Page 23
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