Does
Does Dudley still shimmy down a coconut trunk
And Lawford still drives the cart their drunk
Does Melveta still hide under the orange boughs
For Melbourne's coming and his fumbling vows
Does Clifford still bake the aromatic bread hot
And Addy stir thick peas soup or pepperpot
Does Jabez still the cut logwood forest all day
To make the limekiln that brings crowd from far away
And where is Verletta whom my childhood loved
And where is Verletta whom my childhood loved
That Salmon from the Mountainside pond is gone
But I am sure the sun rise there still bright at dawn.
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