In Massachusetts recently the j death occurred of Mrs Effie-Canning ! Carlton, who, 69 years ago, when an j only child of 15, composed the worldfamous lullaby, “Rock-a-bye Baby I On the Tree-top ” I To carry out his last wish, a 19-year-old gypsy, Irene Garber, was : “married” at Pittsburg to Albert Horvath, aged 20, who had died from pneumonia two days earlier. A funeral dirge, played by gypsy musicians, took the place of the , wedding march, and the bridal pro- ! cession was followed by a coffin con- ! taining the body of the bridegroom.
WINES FOR SALE rpE J>APA 'YY'INES ORDER YOUR WEDDING & PARTY WINES HERE IT WILL PAY YOU! Port, Sherry, Madeira, Bulk or Case from 25/- two gallons. T E JJAPA GREAT SOUTH ROAD Phone 2421
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21042, 19 February 1940, Page 5
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