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s m iS j 11 14 t I. I n x lI 11 ef D. I BALLADS OF THE WINTER SEASON Though Though- some d detest est the Ice and snow And dread King Winters Winter's rugged rug ways The chilling chilling- winds that bite and blow I IThe The dreary nights and dreary days I turn on these no timid gaze My Iy blood Is warm my heart Is stout One fault with th winter though I raise It Its dinner parties' parties wear me out Right flight merrily to work Fl Ill I'll go Through Th-ough winters winter's dreary murk and haze It Is for tor me to know My Iy and its cheery blaze I do not mind the snows snow's delays Whan Wh-an high the drifts drift are blown about I shrink from winters winter's social craz craze It Its dinner parties wear weal me mo out The usual conversations flow Potatoes cream creamed d or The he tables where th the candles candies glow The awful bridge the stranger plays The compliments the n flatterer pays Pink punch which I could do without us these I dread as winter sta stays s Its dinner parties wear me out To Winter Vinter Ill I'll sing sing- songs of ot praise My Iy mIrth Its Us blizzards bUzzards cannot rout My Iy one one dread Is the social maze Its dinner parties wear me out I C Copyright ht 1926 1926 Ed Edgar A. A Guest I |