\ Martha Burr Banks” ' |'i / Town ts a beautiful place! Z// lies * n middle of Mother Land, i-v ~ 2 And the sun that shines there is Mother’s face, tW! ’Sy " * vyb And Nursie’s the queen there who has J Y aa A ± ‘some of the places in Nursery Town ~ v Are Baby-House Corner and White-Wood Farm. ! LxZ With its Sheep, and the Shepherd all dressed in his gown, Ack," | ' U I | And a wee woollv Dog to guard from harm. ■ ■ - ■&. s W : |||jn Picture-Book Row lives Little Boy Blue, \ / 4 \ J ac k Hs Sister, who tumbled down-hill, \ \ V I j the funny Old Woman whose home was a Shoe\< ' Ns. L ot her Old Woman whenever was still. \ \ - • j/7* F 3 MS |8 JS 18! kS_. sfe ere " s Building-Block Street, and the I l\ 1 /! Soldiers’ Camp, I ~ / | VVVi /l\ And Tin-Train Station, near Bureau Alley, z'' / i Vlv Ju/Ki/jii/Iv/Ti7 And Wind ° w - Siil Wjik ’ wi,ere ,he — $ Ajp 1\ \ ft sH ’Fg ”pA Soldiers tramp, .... -— /I »\ I And Dolly’s Lane, winding by a, j — — Wood-Basket Valley. ” illhe Cabinet Hospital stands there, too, / With its poor little patients all sick in their S cnt le Nurse Needle and good Glue .'• /iTW-Hl 'll ' 'ts-'.Z? their arms or to stick on their heads, jh i'.l Bn xTEl taarari a*W:’' : (SfrjjEi -drifted in here is a snug Noah’s Ark,' x s ve Mr. Noah and all of his Crew, .... .. ■’ V. “Nx? And the Animals, also, aboard of his bark, ■■ ■ F rorn A little pink Pig to a grav Kangaroo. l' ' ®h crc are | two httie Boats, here in I- _ L —i ' ~~~ Nursery Town, Fr (. Moored close by the Ferry of Going to Sleep,. ■! j '/ ' \ And a Pillow in each for each fair, curly crowd z ✓ ' ~~=- _J“ Of the two little Sailors who into them creep, e- ML i—-rW-k Hrk./ -f- : -'FnW®’n T f jJQ $ I fc' H ' ■■ r ~ ’ F S I They stop there for Supper and Breakfast for two; L'/ They’ve Potato or Hominy, Butter and Bread, jjggggH Ji Or Eggs, Toast and Milk, and some Crackers mav do. WV ;; ■' ■'l'™::", . -.4 4 ~~~ Tj there’s never a place quite like Nursery Town I j; //C So gay is the play there the whole of tile day! |j j '/ Jus* take a Step Up, and then take a Step Down, And walk till you find it — it’s not far away.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue II, 12 January 1901, Page 95
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397Page 95 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue II, 12 January 1901, Page 95
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