"MUSSO" AND THE LION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 266, 3 February 1941, Page 8

"MUSSO" AND THE LION

(With apologies to Stanley Holloway) ✓ The following has , been eulled from the Egyptian Gazette:- — There's a great big sea called the 'terranean which is? usu'lly full of good fun And Mr and Mrs Eye tally looked at it with "Musso" their son A line little lad were young "Mlusso" all dressed in his best shouting "Heil" With a stick with a tank on the 'andle—the finest that 'itler could sell. They didn't think much of 'terranean, the waves they was liddlin' and small And their "subs" and their bombers and gunmen had nothin' to slioot at at all For a great big old lion called Britain, whose nose were all covered with scars Had! his paws spread all over the ocean, incliulin' round Eyetally's bars. Now "Musso'* 'ad 'card about lions, how they are feiocious and Avild And he saw that old Britain were sleepin' and it didn't seem rect to the child. So he called up 'is bosom pal 'itler and asked 'im if he would "play ball" And 'tiler, who wanted some action, said he didn't fear lions at all. And straightway, to show 'is bra* vado, like a ferret attacking some

moles. He moppetl up the Czechs and the Austri'ns, and then started in on the Poles. Just then, Britain arose from Ms slumbers find said he were goin' to begin And "Musso" got very much frightened and said lie were not comin' in. . But Britain said "since you're so playful, you'll 'ave to comc under control. And in case you should get over* catetl we shan't let you 'ave too much coal." At that "Musso" got proper blazin* and said he wished Britain were dead. But, as he'd always rather liked lions, Mr E|yc tally just scratched Ms head. Till Mtlcr, b3 r goin' through Belljum, enticed Britain out of his lair And forcin' the Bclljums to "dlown tools" attacked the old man in the rear Then "Musso" plucked up all his courage, as never he 'ail done before, And just nine months later than 'itler said, "now is the time to make war." For he thought there were no doubt about it that old Britain's course were quite run—■ And 'itler felt proud like a mother, delivered of newly-born son. But Britain had wings and a Navy | which soon got Mm out of tlie scrape. And he started to make tanks and airplanes, instead of his usu'l red tape. So "Musso" once more decided 'twere better not yet to take chance But to wait till 'ed seen whether 'itler could manage to overrun

France. For France were the ally of Rri4 tain, determined like 'im to prevent 'err 'itler from world domination on which he w r ere certainly bent. On June ten he felt that no longer could Eyetallj' drdly or wait Else he might, like an amateur jockey, be left at the old Star tin'— gate. For France 'ad caught packets of trouble through everythin' goin' all "wrong And 'er seconds had chucked in the towel without tryin' to wait for the »ong. So he summonsed a number of Fascists and spoke of a GREAT NOBLE CAUSE And, although it amounted to nothin' 'is speech were received with applause. Then he put 'imself at head of army and summonsed up all 'is Police And as soon as the French 'ad all left in, he marched in and occupied Nice Some French wished to go on with fightin' but Ministers said "What's the use?" If you're only a underspurred poulet you can't take on high-steppin' goose" So they fixed up an ignoble arm' stice and tucked themselves under Goose's wing But I doubt if their people Avill stay there much longer than winter or spring gt f-.-o". p"cv'r;v- 'nlrn-rO