EIGHT LITTLE PA RLIAMENTS.
The following hues, which will be generally appreciated, were d livered by Captain Bullock at a recent election ; John Bull of New Zealand is canny and keen, And no one knows better what two and two mean ; But exceptions, they tell us, are proofs of a rule, So in proof of the sago wo must show up the fool. Does John eve) 1 look to the. state of tho till, With eight little Senates to run up tho bill ? Does John over think that the work might be done’ By eight little Senates rolled into one ?
Eight little Parliaments sitting in state— Eight little speakers and Ministers eight— All sit to show they need never have sat; And the country grows lean as officials grow fat.
Has John ever heard of the froggio who died Of a great deal of wind iu his little inside ? How he pulled up, till his poor little skip AYas bound to let out what he’d just taken in ?
Let Johnny take warning before it’s too late, One rat in the larder is better than eight;
And Councils Provincial are dear at the rate, If Johnny, like froggie, must die to be great.
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Evening Star, Issue 3100, 25 January 1873, Page 3
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202EIGHT LITTLE PARLIAMENTS. Evening Star, Issue 3100, 25 January 1873, Page 3
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