The Crushing.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3129, 27 February 1879, Page 2

The Crushing.

IVe had an iinoo journey ben, ■ An' no lang at tha en' o't, O \ Frae whatna' pairt ye needna spier, My tongue will let ye .ken o't, O. I've heard o'cracks a coontless batoh, As fortune I've been pushin', O j ' But 'mang them a' there's nane to matoh ': This talk aboot the crusliiri', O. W, T M It's " when will ye be crushin', O," An* " weel, man, hob's the orathinf, O;" At hame, abroad, at kirk or sale, Abune board oi»mts the ordihin', O. ': :r

' The Booehian war's atama affair,. • . • Forgotten maiat already, O 5 -The Telephone has run threid-bare, ; - € . t , ri ,/•> The Electric Lichl's a shadow, 0. " When set beside the theme V themoa, s ,j* That need* nae linguist's bruthin', O, The ema'ett totum has his dreams Aboot the wondrous crushin', O. ■■•'■''tThe aever-deein'orushin', 0 1 2G The cap 0' talk—the crushin', O. Frae northern capes to touthern seat There's nochc to whup the orushin', O* The grocer may'serid inf^N^l^ Ifts £ 5 The butcher may anither.Ol An' mony mair wi' pen 'ah >rquill Qar mmm' bodies sw|ther, O-| ; ; ■-.,'"-.■-'£'- But thanks for a\ >> ,ihpt^hj«c|ti||^f|ti^# - . The magio spell comes ruihin', O, " In "A' the deidwarks nearly dane, 1 f We're gaun to hae a crushing', 0." Sac rest ye till the orushin', O, ■' /* Ca' caunie till th« crushin', 0| T7f|I We'll sowther up thae odds an' 'enV , ; As sune's we hae a crushjn', O. . There's ane needs this, thereTaMe Mods that, The next ane needs the 'ibljferV'OV *'■ It may be coat; breeke, feoots or hat; : An''may be a'- the either, O Iniik I.'/ But bairns an' big folk 'een ncaun wait An' sac maun want an' wishin',tO,/ An' draw what comfort they can get,;! In thinkin' o' the crttihing, O" t^f . 'It's hey the comin' erttßhiii'.iO;* 1 A' ho the weary crushiti'j O -irob . Hae patience for some week or fcwa, ■ We'll see what flays the orushin',o.

'Mongst»' events a sapient world E'er lookit for to hippeiii'Of'; Frae comet in amaDg them hurled; 6?!. To twa aiild women wappin', O i TLere never wag bio interest taen, ASihisr topics hu«hin';O,' J" -Oiu Like that that thrills thro' er'rj^Vein7'->; H When oh the ere o'orirthiii^Oi >3115f (r ■; -V; -An thi^« tte iraiihll^'f Qp''"T A soleoan tiling'• the crmhin', O^i: ,;: It liaiicls the bearVan^Mul'in'tnwir" The eerie, orrie crush in', O.

An' what a hunner' times for anoe— - '.{ What comes o't when it's ended, 0 ? There's little need to name it, since It canna' weel ba mended, O; '' •' * But O, in a* the toil an' pain, • ■ 'The weßks and months o* sloshinV O, ' The aft tauld tale is tauld again—: > ■-■■ " Tliere's mair than quartz a>eraihinf, 0." There's earnest hopes a-cruihinff, O, ■• There's honest hearts a-crushin', O j May better luck fa' lo*th<s lob ' ' ' O 1 them that gang a-cruihin', O. Jambs BiJtpao*. Tbsmet.

When is a racehorse not a whole horse P— When he it a-head.