FAITHLESS MARY ANN.
Railway Guard.
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There -Was * time, Oh, Mary Ann I I thought to call you wife; Yon made me think—as women can— I’d guard yon through your life 1 My finer are hard, when I come nigh There’s scorn upon your brow ; Your whole mien seems to say that I May * whistle for yon ’ now I My carriage is not quite firtl-das», My statwn's rather low ; Bnt yet amongst a crowd I’d pass. And I love yon, yon know ! The brake 1 very oft pnt on—’Tis of my work a part— Bnt yon have pnt—all pity gone I— A orea£ upon my heart! Farewell I farewell I yon faithless one ! You’ve played with me enough ; Your wretched guard will bny a gun, And go off with a * puff I’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 29, 16 July 1892, Page 726
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133FAITHLESS MARY ANN. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 29, 16 July 1892, Page 726
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