The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 11 (March 1, 1929)
Overheard in the Train
Overheard in the Train.
Two ladies travelling on a South Island train were discussing a recent radio concert and the elocutionary ability of a certain artist who invariably gives a consummate rendering of the masterpieces of the immortal Robert Burns.
“Oh yes,” said lady No. 1. “His execution last night was simply divine.”
“What did he recite—was it the 'Cotter's Saturday Night'?” asked lady No. 2.
“Oh, no!” was the reply. “It was in the middle of the week!”
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