and the young farmer going whistling to plough. The fact
that they lived and grafted on the selection proves that I hit
the right nail on the head when I guessed, in the first place,
that the old nobleman was "stony".

In after years,

. . . she told him of the fun,
How she hunted him up with her dog and her gun.

But whether he was pleased or otherwise to hear it,
after years of matrimonial experiences, the old song doesn't say,
for it ends there.

Flash Jack is more successful with "Saint Patrick's Day".

I come to the river, I jumped it quite clever!
Me wife tumbled in, and I lost her for ever,
St. Patrick's own day in the mornin'!

This is greatly appreciated by Jimmy Nowlett, who is suspected,
especially by his wife, of being more cheerful when on the roads
than when at home.

. . . . .

"Sam Holt" was a great favourite with Jimmy Nowlett in after years.

Oh, do you remember Black Alice, Sam Holt?
Black Alice so dirty and dark --