WANTED A HOUSE.
Ob, for a house, did someone »ay, Just for » house, what must we pay? Hunting here, and hunting there. Saying a prayer to avoid a sweat, Just for a house, Oh, for a house, must we ask in rain For a tumble-down, shack to be out <y{ the rain? Perhaps with our pleading we may raise & tent On a wee bit of ground, not as hie aa We may be content. Just for a kcuse, we are hrajaaping each Our notice aa.ye " Quit! just a month to stay.” Bach one doing hia very beat, to look fora shelter; And shall we not rest, when we all meet again, In some sort of nest! Oh, for the days of Adam and Eve, Just to live in a garden, for a houseenot to grieve, Must we tramp, *til are reach the G«14«zl Gate, Just in time to hear, “ Ton are juat too late, To claim a house.” —"E. BROWN. Barbadoes Street.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16350, 12 February 1921, Page 8
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162WANTED A HOUSE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16350, 12 February 1921, Page 8
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