Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 435, 19 April 1892 — THE VILLAGE CHOIR. [ARTICLE]

THE VILLAGE CHOIR.

H*lfabar t halfabar, Hali a bar onward! lnto an awfol ditch. Cboir and Precentor hitch, lnto ameeeof pitch, They led the 01d Hundred. Treble« to the right of thera, Tenore to the ltft of thena, Bāēēte in lront of thenk, BelloweJ and thundered. Oh, thst Pre€entor 'a look, When the sopranoe took Their own time and hook, From the 01d Unndred. Bcreeched all the trebles here, Boggled the tenore there, Kaipi ng the pamm> hair. While hii« raind wandered; Theirt« not to rean>h why ■Thi« l*fcalih wa« pin*hed too liigli: ■Theiri¥.hut-to and rry Out theOld Hun<lre<l. Treblc* to the ritfht oi Iheui. Tenor!» to the left o! them, Bae«es in froiit of them 9 Bellowe<l and tli undred. Stormed they with »hout and yell, Kot wise thev sang, nor Well, Drowning the eexton'H bell, While all tbe church wondered Dire the Precentor'e glare, Flaeh'd his pitchfork in air, Sounding freeh keys to bear Out the 01d Hundred. Swiftly he turned hie haek, Beacbed he hie hat from rack, Thsn from the ecreaming paek Himself he §undered. Tenore to the right of him, Treblee to the left of him, Di«corde behind him, Be)lowed and thundered, Oh 9 the wild howie they wrought; Right to the end they fought! Some t»ne they sang but not, JJot tue Oid flundredf * —Audrf'g J<iuru(ll[