Show t li ii I MS 1 i ii i j JS e rt M Jo i J iM T n 1 t 1 King A Ballad of Old Time New Years Vows J I I it I I f I l I I Q Qt Qi I I c i I H J I II IJ II Iri I J I k I ri ril t 4 F l y h 3 H H J I S1 W 1 1 1 1111 I 0 i t a aI I ti i c cr r w a t td 1 I d I 5 i 1 l 1 Once on a time there lived a king Both virtuous and great Who vowed II a wide reform to bring Within his ample state That man with solemn Notre olce he cried And then oath he an swore Wino Who makes a vow at New bears years l tide Must keep it If JJ i R gT ve vei i t l y A VUr 1 4 y l IT 11 Ii rp w y 4 Wi I r rj 11 His word was law From shore hore to shore The edict was proclaimed So that the realm should nevermore With broken vows be shamed But Dut IS as of old when New Years came Throughout that happy land Men glen viewed their dally lives with shame And took the same S old stand r A q 10 i t n I en exy r rn b n r ra at I L i rl j m The aside were cast C The rho demijohns went want dry And much to too pure to last Burned bright In every eye But Dut when some lome weeks week had lOld run Their irritating way ay The he feebler rouis began to shun The pleasant light of d day yf V 1 v I hill Ir tuft r I II r I l pd I Ia a a t 4 I In corners dark duk they thoy skulked and hid But soon their Were known Spies overlooked the things they did And dragged them to the throne thrane The virtuous king with righteous Ire Upon their failings pounced And punishments both Just and dire Upon their tIns pronounced Copyright by eler McArthur JJ 1 aM s Qi J J J il J oMMo a tf l Q A AI I ft w l r i 4 r rr r I JI He chopped oft heads and boiled In oil But Dut still the trouble grew Until at last with toll He cried This will not dot dol My land Ill soon depopulate And hold a useless throne Concerning vows I yield to fate And hereby break my own oh z b o o J pt y i lp I I 3 i i It r yin 4 C I I Mr r 1 I J C j 1 And yet his hll work was not In vain The Tho lesson sank so deep His subjects from all vows refrain Save those they mean to keep PETER MARTHUR lr f lJ o o L 9 i t 9 r 9 H s |