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Australian Melodist Songster By J F Hogan. And sung by Miss Ruth Gray TUNE: Lalla Rookh SITE SOURCE: CITY LIFE IT'S NICE TO DO THE BLOCKLONDON may boast of' its Regent-street,And Paris of its Boulevards ; New York exult in its battery, The most charming walk on the cards ; But give me our noble Collins-street, Where Melbourne's fair daughters all flock ; To me it excels aught else beside When the hour comes for doing the block. CHORUS. For it is so nice to do the block, In the afternoon at four o'clock; Oh ! we like nothing- better- I assure you to the letter— Than ev'ry afternoon to do the block. Fathers will grumble and husbands too, At fashion's demands on their purse, Ever forgetting that gold they spend On things that are very far worse— Ever forgetting- that woman's heart Is centred on milliners' stock, That nothing she prizes more than this— To be known as the "belle of the block." For it is, &c. People whose faces are stern and sour Abuse, and condemn, and deplore "Our Gainsb'ro' hat and our pull-back dress As idols that ladies adore ; 'Tis envy I fear, it's all pretence Their virtue has suffered a shock ! If twenty years younger, them you'd find Every afternoon on the block. SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore Project - Section 14: CITY LIFE |