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And now a vacancy occurs	A
For very nearly sixteen years	B
In which I'd not the least desire	C
To strike the harp or tune the lyre	D
But having left the good old 'Medway	E
I tried on shore to make some headway	E
I first a situation got	F
And not amiss I found my lot	F
My wages good my work was various	G
My living far above precarious	G
I then began to look around	H
And thought ere long to settle down	I
And then a letter I wrote home	J
And ask'd my love if she would come	K
Offering at once to pay her passage	L
And in due time received this message	L
'I'll wait till many years are past	M
If you'll say you'll come home at last	M
But can't consent to such removal	N
Without my fathers full approval	N
Which I'm afraid he'll never give	O
But come home dear we'll happy live '	P
And then I thought if home I went	Q
I could not feel the same content	Q
As if I'd never come away	E
But work'd for half a crown a day	E
While here I thought I'd every chance	R
My future prospects to advance	R
And after some more serious thought	S
Another letter home I wrote	T
Which now I cannot give verbatim	K
Though it contain'd my ultimatium	K
From her engagement I relieved her	C
And I've no doubt it sorely grieved her	C
Then married in due time I got	F
Though not my first love still my lot	F
We had our sorrows and our joys	U
And in due time we had four boys	U
But on the day our fifth was born	V
My heart was with sad anguish torn	V
A fearful illness seiz'd my wife	W
Which nearly drain'd away her life	W
It was so sudden and severe	X
It fill'd me with a dreadful fear	X
We lost the babe and my poor wife	W
Show'd very little sign of life	W
For thirteen hours then I went near her	C
And what I could I did to cheer her	C
And in due time again she rallied	Y
But oh she look'd so deathly pallid	Z
Her illness shook her system so	A2
I felt my heart o'erwhelm'd with woe	A2
With tender unremitting care	B2
Good nourishment and change of air	B2
Health seem'd regain'd in eleven months	C2
She then relaps'd and sunk at once	D2
I and my boys were now alone	E2
My wife their mother dead and gone	F2
I felt bereft of my best friend	G2
And almost wish'd my life would end	G2
But having made to God my prayer	B2
My all committed to his care	B2
I begg'd He would my mind direct	H2
My boys to support and protect	H2
My God afforded me relief	I2
And caus'd me to assuage my grief	I2
And thus he gently clear'd my way	E
And gave me strength to suit each day	E
but as I'd other ills sustain'd	J2
I thought if longer I remain'd	J2
They might increase and break me down	I
And all my future prospects drown	I
For I'd borne wrongs of every quality	K2
Many from sanctified rascality	K2
So I within a little while	L2
Resolv'd to quit Tasmania's Isle	L2
And in due time I made a start	K2
With Drew 'Old Hoppy' and spring cart	K2
Melbourne I reach'd on that day week	M2
And stroll'd about some work to seek	M2
Though very much a job I needed	K2
'Twas full twelve days ere I succeeded	K2
Work then in Melbourne was precarious	G
The jobs I got were short and various	G
So when five months had just roll'd over	C
Portland I reach'd in the 'Red Rover'	C
So here I made a five months jump	N2
And from old deck planks made a pump	N2
Thus near five years of sorrow past	K2
I and my boys were snug at last	K2
I in the shop 'mong wheels and carts	O2
At school and home they did their parts	O2
Now all this while by some mischance	O2
My muse on me ne'er cast a glance	O2
But in nine months at the election	P2
She took me under her protection	P2
I really felt like one inspired	K2
Could spin off verse when I desired	K2
Which made some cynics on me frown	I
And then for fun I wrote them down	I
Now I've gone over sixteen years	O2
Through joys and sorrows smiles and tears	O2
And as I end this tale at last	K2
You'll guess the future by the past	K2

William Gay

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