KIBBLINGS.
A littlo nonsense nowandthon. Is relished by tho wisest mer THE SONG OF THE FLIRT. With feet quite weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, • A women reclined.on a ball-room chair When she ought to have heen in bed] Rich 1 rich 1 rich 1 In her low-neoked silk admired, But still with a voice of dolorous pitch She muttered, " Pm awfully tired I" Dance ! dance ! dance 1 Till her head begins to swim Dance' ! dance ! dance ! And whirl with a horrible vim. It's oh ! to be a girl t I would teach them a lesson of w.t, For when they get into this maddening whirl They never know when to quit. Oh, girls with mothers dear I Oh, young and giddy wives ? "It is not slippers you're wearing out, When you're spending such giddy lives ; Bat you're wasting away your brains, To your mothers' and husbands' hurt, And you'll find that never a bit remains When you net to old to flirt' I
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7991, 8 October 1887, Page 4
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