Miscellany.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 429, 31 August 1880, Page 3

Miscellany.

THE DEPARTURE OF THE GOVERNOR.

"Paddy Murphy," the poet laureate and clever contributor to the Saturday Advertiser, gives vent to his feelings on the approaching departure of Sir Hercules Robinson as follows :— . . A LAMINTATION. Asthore machree! och faix ye see, Me heart is sore to-night; I'm in a mess, for Herkuliss Is goin' to lave our sight. Sure Gladstone's Whigs—the dirty prigsHave ordhered him away, An,' lam sad—it's thrue, be dad— He's goin' to crass the say. Bad luck attind, and divil mind Tho Liberals at Home, To thrate us so ;• I'd like to know Why Herkuliss should roam ? Wid noble blood he filled his stud, We uiiea liis colours gay Ipon the coorse—av coorse, ay coorse, He's ordhered o'er tho say. Whin Gussy went, I was contint — The Markiss we could spare, Bekays his breed—it's thrue indeed— Dkl not come from Kildare; But Robinson, his spurs has won On Curragh coorse—hooray ! In many a race he got a place, Why does ho crass the say ? Be gog, I sigh to say " good-by." Och, why wor these commands ? I'd like to know why he should go To Af ric's burin' sands ? Where u«ly Boors an' Blackamoors, An' ould King Chat-away, Ay savage race disturb the paice. Acrass the ragin' say. The Kaffirs bould, faix so I'm tould, Are mighty fierce an' wild ; The Zooloos, too, make Irish stew Ay woman, man, an' child ; The Hottentots are dhrunken sots, Ead whisky is their tay ; Och shure it's sthrango, he'll find tho change Acrass the ragin' say. I don't know much about tbe Dutch, They live on Sour Krout— 'Twixt me an' you that's jist burgoo, Some call it stir-a-bout; Aitch city's mare, sure I declare, Aits burgoo—masther's whey, An' smokes an' chaws faix thim's the laws Acrass the ragin' say, Och, Herkuliss, bedad we'll miss Yer Janeyill countinincc, Sure Gladstone should (it's choppin' wood That's robb'd him ay his sinse), Have kept ye here for many a year, To sthroll on Lampton Kay— Me dinidick-shun, take, avick, Acrass the ragin' say. PADDY MURPHY.