14 JANUARY 1966, Page 9

Manny Lawry

Oh. Melbourne's banks are bonnie As tall as any towers, And it's there that Willy Lawry Bats on for twenty hours, Bats on for twenty hours With never a stroke to see.

And at bonnie Willy Lawry I'd lay me doon and dee.

He has not any back-lift, As lamely fa's the bat.

His stroke play is the drearest That e'er the sun shone at,

That e'er the sun shone at Till—waefti' day to see— Time came when Willy Lawry Moost make a duck and dee.

. CHRISTOPHER. HOLLIS