Now this is a rhyme that might well be carried <br />Gummed in your hat till the end of things: <br />Say Good-bye when your chum is married; <br />Say Good-bye while the church-bell rings; <br />Say Good-bye—if you ask why must you, <br />’Tis for the sake of old friendship true, <br />For as sure as death will his wife distrust you <br />And lead him on to suspect you, too. <br />Say Good-bye, though he be a brother, <br />Seek him not when you’re married, too— <br />Things that you never would tell each other <br />The wives will carry as young wives do. <br />Say Good-bye ere their tongues shall strangle <br />The friendship pledged ere the lights grew dim, <br />For, as sure as death, will those young wives wrangle, <br />And drag you into it, you and him.<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/say-goodbye-when-your-chum-is-married/
