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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 7 (October 1, 1934)

Say it with Song

Say it with Song.

Speaking of song, how true that sage saying, “where there's croak there's ire!” For song has ever been man's method of promulgating moral uplift by aural uproar. Song certainly fires the imagination although it frequently incinerates the emotions. Song can make the soul soar—or sore. Song can express or depress, stimulate or simulate. It is an inspiration to higher searchers and hire purchase.

We sing when we're sad,
We sing when we're glad,
We sing on life's path,
We sing in the bath,
We warble of love,
Of stars up above,
Of roses and mothers,
Of lovers and others,
Of corned beef and carrots,
Of sailor's pet parrots,
Of any old thing
We humans will sing.
We don't seem to care
What we put on the air,
The reason is plain—
Though it may give you pain—
In song we express
All our verbal excess.