Roosevelt Standard | 1953-12-24 | Page 23 | 1953 CHRISTMAS EDITION, The Rural Postman

if i - jj THE RURAL POSTMAN i j: In the cold and blustery weather, ; 1 1 st When the frost is on the rail, ' j 1 1 Would you love to face a blizzard fc !i v With a half a ton of mail? ' tt ! i ji In the biting blizzard weather - I; When the snow comes to your knees, ii" v Would you love to fish for pennies ' 5 j jj While your feet and fingers freeze7 tt i 3- i When the gleaming snow is drifted j if Underneath a foot of sleet, r s Would you love to have the chilblains $ I If In your elbows and your feet? - j t j j; When outdoors the wind is whistling, j -5 And the air is full of snow, ' ji i fif Would you love to have a jitney if And the blame thing wouldn't go? s? jj Yes, I'd love the good old fireside, g j I if Sipping coffee from a pail, ; j :: But I have to buck the snowdrift Z i ' 'Cause' the farmers want their mail. ! Jj I don't mind the frozen snowdrifts ft i if When my knees are stiff with cramps, ;' i If you keep the bloomin' pennies ft Buy a quarter's worth of stamps. '3- i 5v j -f .- I get snow mixed in my whiskers i- I ff And I get it in my socks, 5f j if But it never hurts my feelin's 2- j: Like loose pennies in the box. ft if I I