TO A BIRD

Southland Times, Issue 23793, 15 April 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)

TO A BIRD

—PRIZE— Oh! tui in the kowhai tree, Your bell-like voice I _ hear; It seems you like to sing to me, Whenever you see me near. You have a coat of shiny black, ' ■ A white patch on your throat; Your wings are spread out past your back; While in the air you float. Your wings, they take you far away, To trees all gold with bloom; That’s where you’ll find your home some day, A home, with one small room. —Prize of 2/- to Cousin Phyllis Warren (13), Monowai, via Tuatapere. —PRIZE— Oh beautiful bird ■ On the golden wing. You’re happy and free, Like a girl on a swing. We hear you sing As you soar through the sky Like a chiming bell, As onwards you fly. —Prize of .1/- to Cousin Cora Pedlar (12), 169 St. Andrew street.

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— Little bird In a tree, Sing a song " To Jack and me. Please come again - Every day, You cheer us so While we play. Little bird Sing your song To Jack and me All day long. —r3 marks to Cousin Irene Collett (10), Tanner street, Grassmere. —VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— Little bird, I have heard, How you sing, In the spring, Blithe and gay, Every day. In a tree, Swinging free, By. the gate, Sits your mate, Quite at rest, On her nest. —3 marks to Cousin Julie McKeever (13), 191 Pomona street. —VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— You i are a pretty baby bird, You have such deep blue eyes; You lie so snugly in your nest, And very seldom fly. You have two funny little feet, And hardly any feathers; But you lie cosy in the moss, In all kind of weathers. Your brother, too, when he grows up, fs going to be your mate; f will always think that you Are the best bird in the state. —3 marks to Cousin Alexander McCleery V.A.C., (10), 193 Ritchie street.

Little bird Sing your song To Jack and me All day long.

In a tree, Swinging free, By. the gate, Sits your mate, Quite at rest, On her nest.