PING-PONG.
« AS SUFFERED BY THE HOUSEHOLD OAT. I am a poor old Tommy Oat, Mee-ow! mee-ow! I stay in. Blank's suburban flat, Mce-ow! mee-ow! But all the household's gone insane, From M&ster down to Mary J«n^QJhey're all got Ping-Pong on- tbstbrain! Meenjw! mee-ow I niee-owt Jhay crawl around the parlour floor, • Mee-ow! mee-ow! Such scenes I never saw before, Mee-ow! mee-ow! And every now and then tihey peer Beneath the coudh and chiffonier— Oh, things are truly getting queer! Mee-ow l mee-ow! mee-ow! . v They used lo treat mo like- a duke, Mee-ow! mee-owl Before this awful craze they took, Mee-ow t mee-ow! But now my life with grief is fraught, . For me they do -not care- a jot; "When Ping-Pong's on my grub's forgot I Mee-ow! mee-owl mee-ow! And iwhen. the Master has a. try, Mee-owl mee-ow! Some little balls begin- to fly, Mec-ow! mee-owl They also quickly disappear; Then should I happen, to be near An earthquake 'hits- me in the Tear! Mee-ow! mee-ow! mee-ow! The bashful swain who comes io tea, Mee-ow! mee-ow! No longer makes a fuss with me, ■ Mee-ow! mee-ow! H« used to blush and sttokemy -Back, •. But now 'tis plain ho has, alack! Become a Ping-Pong antra-i-ac! Moe-ow! mee-ow! mee-ow! Alas! there's naught for me but woe, Mce-ow' mee-ow!-Unless I pack miy trunk— and go, Mee-ow! mee-ow! I'm tired and weary of my lot, . And think 'tis really time I got ; ( To someplace where Ping-Pong is "not," •■» Mee-ow! mee-ow! mec-ow!
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7417, 31 May 1902, Page 4
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246PING-PONG. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7417, 31 May 1902, Page 4
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