THE LAMENT OF MARY ANNIE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1903, 24 July 1890, Page 38

THE LAMENT OF MARY ANNIE.

I. The Mary Annes are " passioning" In letters to the press, Appealing to the missuses To make their labours lets ; The "Marthas." "Marys." "Biddies," And other saintly names, Have formed into a union To carry on their games. 11. Their demands are so astounding And utterly absurd, Enough to make a cat laugh If only it had heard. But unity is strength, they said, Let's put our heads together} So now, ye missuses, look out For rough and stormy weather* id. Bays Mary Anne to Martha Jane, We'll strike at cleaning boots, At peeling 'taties, onions, leeks, And such like smelling roots. We'll strike at saying Sir or Ma'am, And caps we will not wear, And every one as likes shall see The colour of our 'air. IV. The unions will support us In any line we take, So, Martha Jane, stand up, And speik for goodness' sake. Then Martha Jane gets up, And with a blush she auks For followers in the evenings To help her with her tasks. v. To whisper soft and low Sweet nothings in her ear, Wliile she sits by and smiles, And sips hersupper beer ; Or gently squeeze her hand, And softly breathe bis love, While she with hot and sooty face Is cleaning out the stove. VI. And we who wish must be allowed To e.o to balls and parties. Thfi theatre and opera too, And sometime* dancing clacces. And every Sunday we must have, Acd Wednesday afternoon Fr>m 12 o'clock to 10 p.m., To walk about and ipoon. VII. The missuses must lend us booksNovels that are not naughty— And now and then, an hour or so, To pay the pianoforte. And French and German if they like To teach us servant lassiea. For learning always helps, they say, To " helevate tbo masses." VIII. Our lovers must be union men, And when they're out on strike Wt 'II want Bn extra hour or two To find out wh»t it's like. And when we're tired of service, And want a little rest, We'll strike for higher wages And see who comes off best.

ix. Now all ye missuses beware, This danger you nauit face— Your servants now will Bhow you Tbe way to keep your plnce. You'd better form a union too— It seems to bo the fashion, And tlirn you'll know how nice it feels To strike when in a passion. — CIGAHKTTB.

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