He worked so incessant, they were glad he was there, For he hauled all the logs with his father's brown mare. He worked like a Trojan and before you could wink, He had all the boards on the site of the rink. Then they all went to work, and in less than a trice, They had the fence up and had started the ice. They started to flood it when says Mick , "Oh mother! It's high at one end and it's low at the other." Says Keough, "For my part, I think it's the best, For when going down hill, it will give them a rest." They agreed before long that one end was low But said it didn't matter, they'd build it with snow. They hauled from the mill pond but seemed all in vain, As fast as they'd haul it, it leaked out again. Where did it all go? Why Frank Mayhew , poor fellow, Nearly got drowned when he started down cellar. "You can count it a joke and laugh if you will But I don't see the joke my cellar to fill." "You have filled my cellar" he jibed and he jested "I'll have the whole bunch of you duly arrested." So they all tried to show him it wouldn't be best Such a powerful company as this, to molest. And in less than a jiffy they had brought him to see It was an honest error, they were laughing with glee. They hauled from the mill pond in barrels and tubs Though the weather was cold they pulled off their duds. So Cairns went home at the end of the week, But out in the middle there still was a leak. To his wife, "My darling, I'm sorry, you know, But out to the rink the pump pipe must go." So he pulled up the pump and now tries to sing, While his wife carries water in a pail from the spring. They rigged up the piping with Wilfred's old pump, And hooked on the engine- the crew had to jump. To spread around the water, it came out so fast, Then the weather turned cold, they had ice at last! There's a room for the women and one for the men, With a booth for hot dogs and candies between. 118