Weep not my wanton
WEEP not, my wanton, smile upon my knee:
When thou art old there's grief enough for thee.
Mother's wag, pretty boy,
Father's sorrow, father's joy.
When thy father first did see
Such a boy by him and me,
He was glad, I was woe:
Fortune changèd made him so,
When he left his pretty boy,
Last his sorrow, first his joy.
Austin Maxi's advertising department show a touch of class in selecting their props for this guff about how best to enjoy the fully reclining seats. My parents bought one of these in the seventies, as a teenager with free rein to borrow the car I thought it an excellent choice.
Needed to be driven downhill to max out at over the ton.
A May 1969 advertisement from my collection.
Weep not my wanton
WEEP not, my wanton, smile upon my knee:
When thou art old there's grief enough for thee.
Mother's wag, pretty boy,
Father's sorrow, father's joy.
When thy father first did see
Such a boy by him and me,
He was glad, I was woe:
Fortune changèd made him so,
When he left his pretty boy,
Last his sorrow, first his joy.
Austin Maxi's advertising department show a touch of class in selecting their props for this guff about how best to enjoy the fully reclining seats. My parents bought one of these in the seventies, as a teenager with free rein to borrow the car I thought it an excellent choice.
Needed to be driven downhill to max out at over the ton.
A May 1969 advertisement from my collection.