January, 1920
THE LANDSWOMA:"oo
A Proper Sort o· Lass Be N ancy
ES, I'm wa.lkin' out wi' Nanr.y, for
I knowcd her durin' days o' war,
An' sh€'''i a spankin' lass ;
Can 'tend the heifers, milk a cow,
An' at a pinch handl(• the plow,
Do it all - first rlas~.
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levt>r! there's naught that Xan<:c don't know
'Bout money makin', how to grow
Beqt payin' crops-an' finf'
At ketchup, }JH:klP~, home-mad(' c-hee~·w,
Pres<>rve~, she's wholly good at thf'~e,
8o elde1 bciTy wine.
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Lovf'ly! just a~ th(• dawin' light,
\Vi' chN'ks like rosy pippins bright
Throuuh happiness s<·t fast ;
Straight a~ a willar-wand, an' c;pry~
The boys cast many a longin' eye
\Vhen :Xance an' I go past.
Now Xan's demobb('d we'r<> goin' to werl
An· run a little snug homestead
On co-operative plan;
So hand-in-hand we mean to make
Succes~ a certainty, an· tak«·
Respect o' every man.
The Tractor Plough
O:\[E folk~ tlwre at., "ho .:;olemnlv &\O\\
That true Romance is founrl ui follo"ing the
plough.
Why, th1•n, .scen ting Romance. do they sn Matantly
S
e.~c h~w
it'!
If they Inn: ploughw:z o. why clrJn't thoy <'Ome
and do it ?
But pity the poor Lo.nd Girl.
"'hr-n farm er3 (de~ming the plou:zh bu t poorly
sped
Be hind a poor weak quadru~d).
('loJcly co-operating to di~tract her.
Put her to plough behinrl a bnlly tractor!
Four furrows li" at her command, four h~\·t"r"' and
two hanrl;;:
You o;uc'" tho rest!
Hrr day ~ are t-.[)(!nt in wea.rine-3 anfl dread.
Trying to kc<>p thP thtng hr>m standina on it-.. head.
And Qhould her (·,·P~
nnder PH·n momentarilv.
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Perhap3 to watch a (p lirn•l leap from hough w
bough.
l'erhap:; to trace a rabbit curlding hcfore the
plough.
Sh,.'ll hear a -,·oiN· ai.>O\*" the tractor''l din.
Yelling like in
(.Ju..,t a-. thr· scu-rryjnS( r.1bbit .zain- hi~ hurron ) .
.. Hi! <;an't yon kc<·p that \\heel in tho hlinkin~
furrow ~ •·
Hor hanrl ,pring., leYt•rward with zenlou Yt'f\'f'.
Too late ! behind her lie:-. a "'i"kenintr :-wen·c.
C:.Od ... pced tht· plough.
I would not fnr a th(m and pound dc<'r~· it.
Onlv "ugae-.t
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That tho.,e who think it fun ~hould come n111i
try it.
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N an mean to wear
breeches\ for
She worn 'em durin' days o' war,
An' say she don't feel
drest
In fal-lals, there ·s no
sense in they
Allus a floppin' in the
'YaV
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'Sides-tothers
suit her
best.
CLARISSA ALCOCK .
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Cosy Corner
Chorus
(Hvc rue a littlr Fonlson
Traetor and a nice fi<•ld
t.o plough,
Some" ht're with nobody
the-re. exit C'very cow.
Oivc me a morning in the
daylight with tht' cold,
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grey Hky abow,
And I'll got M dirty ns n
mud-lark on th£> l •'ens
w1th tho dudt 1 Io,e.
D.
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l?APWORTH.
Hcr1ea and Calvca in Wilts and Devon
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