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.