"JOSIAR."
I never kin forget the day That we went out a-walkin', An' sot down on the river bank An' kept on hours a-talkin'; He twisted up my apron string An' folded it together, An' said he thought for harvest-tin^ v *2}wa£".fcur'us kind o' weather. The sun went down as we" sot there—. Josiar seemed uneasy, An' mother she began to call — " Loweezy ! oh, Loweezy 1" And {hen Josiar spoke right up, As I was just a-startin', An' said, " Loweezy, what's the use] Of. us two ever partin'?" It kind o' took me by surprise, An' yet J knew 'twas comin' — I'd heard it all the summer long In every wild bee's hummin'; I'd studied out the way I'd act, But law ! I oouldn't do it ; I meant to hide ray love from him, But seems as if he knew it. An' lookin' down into my eyes He must 'a seen the fire, And ever since that hour I've loved And worshipped my Josiar.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9257, 5 December 1891, Page 1 (Supplement)
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