GOLDFIELD BALLADS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 41

GOLDFIELD BALLADS.

PETEII TO POLLY. All the bloke 3 may laugh and jeer, May say I'm off my chump ; Some day I'll lind one on the ear An 1 make tho beggar jump. With love for you my heart chock full is, There's no 6udi girl in all the gullies. You're always clean, you're always neat, You're always siugin" gaily. You walk about on dancin' feet, You're growin' sweeter daily ; Your lips are red, your eyes are bright— You're just a picture of delight. I love to see you at a hop Hound the schoolroom waltzin' ; I'd never wish to see you stop, Your steps there are no faults in. You dance so smoothly an' so clever c With you I think I'd dance for ever* j I love to se? you at your home, So quiet, clean, and tidy; From such a home I'd never roans j From Saturday to Friday. i With such a wife to clean an' scrub Td find no comfort at a pub. Now, Polly, dear, why still delay? | With love my heart is swellin'. , Say just the word, an' any day— { I'll soon ruu up a dwellin'. * It won't bo grand with chairs an' stuff ■< T We'll furnish it with love enough. j I've waited long ; I'm gettin' weary, An' still my love grows stronger. < Coma, make your mind up, there's a dearie 1 For I can wait no longer. . The girls an' blokes may laugh an' chuff, | We'll have each other— that's enough. > ( An' now I'll end this ble j=ed letter, i ¥ov I'm no list at writin' ; With a spade 1 work much batter, A day's work I delight in. Good-bye, my darling ! bo still sweeter, An' say " I will " to your lovin' Peter. April 1897. -A. W. ; "* i i