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The Spike or Victoria University College Review October 1915

Song—"We Remember."

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Song—"We Remember."

He.
I remember, I remember,
The jam-pots on the shelf;
I used to sip them valiantly
When I was by myself.
It was a boyish innocence,
But now, 'tis little joy
To know I'm not so near to heaven
As when I was a boy.

She
I remember, I remember,
—It was a frightful shame—
I sneaked the cream, and jellies too,
And gave the cat the blame.
It was a girlish innocence;
And now I'm all a-swirl
To think I'm not so near to heaven
As when I was a girl.

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They.
We remember, we remember,
The jam-pots and the jam,
The currants, and the raisins too,
And sandwiches of ham.
They tasted so deliciously
To us, when we were young,
That even now we often think
We've got them on our tongue.

He.
I remember, I remember,
When I was at the Coll.,
I used to think that I might drink
And talk with pretty Poll;
It was confounded ignorance,
And proved no source of joy
To find that she could drink but tea,
And was so blooming coy!

She.
I remember, I remember,
When I was at the Coll.,
I used to think that I could wink,
Or take a spoony stroll.
It was my awful innocence,
But 'tis no little joy
To think that even then I got
My eye upon a boy.

All.
And now we would express the hope
That, in the coming days,
We may have health and strength to work,
And so improve our ways;
That it may ever be, to all,
As plain as plain can be,
That we deserve to go to heaven
And its felicity.

—H.K.