An Obliging Wife

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 2, Issue 3, 1 September 1923, Page 22

An Obliging Wife

We did not go away this year; In fact, we couldn't roam; We had so many things to do That kept its right at home. We took care of a parrot, For a neighbour friend of curs; We had to mow our neighbour's lawns And sprinkle neighbour's flowers. We cared, for a canary; We fed a neighbour's cat! We watched a neighbour's chickens; Took a dog into our flat. With dog and cat and parrot, Canary, chickens, too, We couldn't go away from home — We had to mind the zoo. I have a most obliging wife, My neighbour's often say; I wonder who will mind their pets If we should go away?