CONFESSIONS.
(Sung before tbs Talent Literary Society Feb.
' 17th, 1>93, by Arthur Abbott, na proxy for W. I
J. !»eun, who waa on the programme fora ho ! o .)
Tunc—Auld Lang Syne
I am a member of your club,
My name is Charley S.;
1’11 make an orator some day
And l>e a grand success.
C horus :
Oh! the Talent duh is the ¡¿aceto go
To Lave a jolly time;
The l»est I know on this earth l>elow,
Since the days of Auld Lang Syne.
I was the chairman of your dub
For three long months or more;
It makes me shiver in my boots
When e’er I think it o’er.
S pecial C ho .—Oh! the Talent dub is
the place to go
To get the truth sublime;
To feast on logic, reason, too,
And sing of Auld Lang Syne.
I am a member of your club,
My name ¡3 J. Blin C.,
I sit by Lizzie all the time
And Lizzie sits by me.
S. C ho .—Oh! the Talent dub is the
place for me
And I like its meetings fine;
I’d speak my best with all the rest
But I cannot spare the time.
Full thirty cents now in the box
But its safe, sir, just the same.- Cm».
I am a mcmlxT of your club,
My name is Inez S.;
I have the gayest beau in town.
II¡8 name you cannot guess. C ho .
I am a member of your club,
My name is Fannie B.;
I am too young to have a l>eau,
Oh! don’t you pity me.
S. C ho .—Oh! The Talent dub is the
place to go
For young as well as old;
For here I know all have a show.
The bashful and the bold.
I am a member of your dub
My name is Arthur A.;
This is the first time in my life
I ever sang for ¡»ay.- C ho .
I am the secretary true,
My duties are too great,
To keep the run of all that’s done
And write it up in shape. Cm».
I am a member of your club,
Mv name is IL H. (I.;
About a year of training here,
A lawyer then I’ll lie.—C ho .
I am the marshal of your dub,
My duties you all know;
If mem Iters fail to walk the chalk
I’ll ¡»itch them down bdow. (’ ho .
I’m the youngest member of your club,
So I need not tell my name;
Tho* I can’t discuss big questions much,
I can listen all the same. C ho .
I am a member of your dub,
Bert. Wileox is my name;
I’m not afraid of man or beast
Or any other game.
I am a member of your club,
My name is Patia K.;
I am the ladle of Talentburg,
So all the people say. C ho .
S. (’ ho . (H i ? The Talent dub is tie
¡dace for me
To s|»eak, or sing, or read,
And on big questions, too, I’ll Let
I could even take the lead.
I am a memlar of your dub,
For short they call me Bob;
But lean talk for all that * b out
And make you laugh or sob. (’ ho .
I am the one that holds tbccash
And Percy is my name;
I am a mcmlx r of your dub,
My name is Florence I >.;
And when the question’s popped just
right,
A printer's bride I II Le. (’ ho .
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