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We pbiyed the lovers, to father— we were leading lady and gent—
And at fast we p’ayed in earnest, and straight to the church wre went.

The parson gave lls his blessing, aud I giV^e Nellie tilt; ring,
Ariel Li^voro. that I'd h.:y^ and cherish. ;mc enduw lier n.vitli everything.
Hoiv wo tnnilee? ;:t lljtiL part of the service when I said 11 I thee:
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B.it as to the Ll- love and ijlicri.slifriends, T meaiit to keep thiit vow,

W'e were oily a couple of stros lei's; we had coin when the show was
good,
\Y hen it v.-asn’i: we went wiLhmit il, ciTtc.1 wt1 did th<j we could.
Wo tv ere happy arid loved each other, and kvigbed at the shifts we
made,—
Where love makes plenty of sunshine, there poverty casts no shade.

Well, at j a we got to London, Lind did ::rr;t(y well for a hit;
Then the business dropped to nothing, and the manager took a fit,—
Stepped ofi one Sunday morning, forgetting the treasury call ;
But onr Iuok was in, and we managed right on our feet to fah.

We got an offer for Melbourne,— got it that very week.
Those were the days when thousands went over their fortunes to seek—
The days of the great gold lever, and a manager thought the spot
Good for a " socc,f' ouei took n.s actors among his lot.

We h ad n’t a lY i c. n din R ir g 1 a :i d ■. e' d o n I y o usel ve s to p! eas e-—
And ivc jumped aL the ehancc <>t trying our fortune across the seas.
We wtifit oil a sailing vessel, and the journey was long are! rough ;
We hadn't been out a fortnight before we had had enough.
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But use is a second nature, and we’d got not to mind ji storm,
When misery came upon u:j,— came in a hideous form,
My poor htde wife fell ailing, grew woine, and at last so bad
That the eioclor said .she was dying,— T thought 'twould h;ive sent me
mad—■