IN A FRIENDLY SORT O' WAY.
—•—--♦ When u mar. ain't, got a cont, and ho's, feelinC kind a' blue, An' ilk c]'!iirl<= huii? dark and hoavy, an.' won't. let the sunshine through, It,'? a- croat tiling 1 0 my brethren, for a, feller just to lay Hi? liand upon ymit shoulder, in a. friendly sort o' way. It. male? n. man fee! curious, it makes the tear drops start. An' you sort of iVe] a nutter, in tho region of your lirnrt; Von M.n ln.-,i; ii], ond moot his eyei l , an' yon don't know what to say, When his hand is on your ■ shoulder, in a frierdly sort o' way. Oh. the world's n. curious compound, with its honey and iN trail, With its cares and hitler crosses, but a good world oftor all. .. An' ii. eood God must, have made, it—least-va-vs. that, is what T say, When a li3ird is on vouv rliouliW, in a. friendly sort o' v;a,y. —.Tames Whitc.omh Biley.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19812, 2 December 1919, Page 9
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164IN A FRIENDLY SORT O' WAY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19812, 2 December 1919, Page 9
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