June 1942 School Magazine

'June, 1942

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

June, 1942

AIR-RAID PRACTICE.

TALLEBUDGERA.

It was a Thursday morning, My homework was not done, And I inside the IV.B. room Was sitting in the sun.

Where the river's flowing swiftly o'er the undulating bed , And great whiie dunes are leading to the rocky mo4ntain head; The golden sunbeams, dancing· through the swirling water ·cool, Catch the quiv'ring lines of silver that are qarting up the pool. From the south the gulls are rising like a softly shivering sigh, Gleaming white against. the azur.e -of the southern summer sky; And as the· sighing strengthens, their wings like .marching feet Are pulsing o'er the beaches with a never-changing beat. When Nature sends her message to the sea-birds, on the breeze, To the fishes of the ocean, in the currents of the seas, They follow, none resisting that strange alluring call 'l'o the ru~hing coastal rivers, to the rocky islets ta ll. -AVERIL BYTH, I.V.B.

My lesson book was by my side, I was looking into space, When all at once across the lawn I saw my school-mates race. An Air-Raid Test! Straight up I jumped, I seized my hat and case, And to the call of siren wails I rushed to my trench place. On getting there I dropped my things, And straight did sit me down; I pulled my covering from my case, And lost myself in "brown" . How long I sat-! do not know, But I was "stiff with fear," When suddenly I came to life, Oh Joy! It was "All Clear".

-JUNE ELLIOTT, Com. V.

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TO THE FAIR. There's a whistle and a swing, We can hear the showmen sing, And it's, "Follow to the fair, To the fair."

Let's go for a ride on the Merry-go-round, Up and down, down and round; All are so happy and sing as they go, "All the fun of the fair·O." "Try your luck, and take what you ring, Bracelets and rings and beads, "they sing, Try your luck and sing as you go "All the fun of the fair-0". We hear the voices of showmen shout, "Bowl 'em down~ Bowl 'em out," We'll bowl 'em down and out they'll go, "All the fun of the fair-0."

There's a whistle and a swing, We can hear the showmen sing, And it's "Hurry to the fair, To the fair."

D. WATTS, Com.V.

-DAWN DICKSON, IV.E.

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