Show r MEET THE WIFE I II I By BERTON BRALEY l All An proper folk would shudder it if- they heard that common phrase And look upon the speaker with a a. cold contemptuous con con- gaze And the they'd d think his vUlgarity were So rite rife ways and manners with h If It t they ey heard Bill saying Meet the Wife Wile There Theres no doubt that Bill is vulgar hes he's a 8 common sort ot of chap And theres not a line Une patrician in n his map s figure or his hIs' But Jt If you could see the wonder and d th the happiness and pride WhIch at his his features side are revealing g when his wife Is You ron would sense a a. tender glory that his life lite suffuses all When you ou heard Bm Bill Hubbard saying Meet the tho th WI Wife e Love can make mak pure golden metal ot of f the dullest unest sort ot of lead r And it isn't words that matter but th the way V that they are said And when Bill Bm gives you a 8 knockdown to his ms dumpy little spouse I Theres There's almost a radiant hal halo lofty brows round hl his not too to And his voice Is full tun of ot wonder and his eYes y VI are I misty dim dimAs dimAs As If It dazzled at this fortune which has tome corns alone to him Meet my sweetheart meet my darling meet love lovo through storm an and strife strite my mv ray That's what Bill Bm means when he bids you the wife wIle Cop Copyright rl ht 1924 NEA Service Inc |