Pickaway

From "Munchums."

Air—"Mandalay."

On the old clay patch at Kelburn
Looking eastward to the sea,
There's a tennis court wants fixing,
And it's there you ought to be;
For the Councils got no money,
So it's thus we pay our way—
Can't you hear old Dixon calling,
"Come and graft on Saturday!"

Chorus:

On the Salamanca road,
While the dray tips up its load,
Can't you hear the shovels scraping
And the swung pickaxes play?
On the Salamanca road,
Where hard labour's à la mode,
You can see the navvies doing time
On every Saturday.

So whether you re Arts or Science,
Or a gentleman at large;
Whether lank or lean or sturdy,
We wont give you in charge,
So long as you raise a blister,
So long as you earn your salt,
On the old clay patch at Kelburn.
Till the whistle goes for "Halt!"

—S.S.M.

1906. "The Old Clay Patch," 1920.