A SELECT ELECTION POEM.
O’ ijam' the famous Clayton, born for. New .. . Zealand’s salvation, Don’t I wish those Liberals political prostra- . iion, .'/.(/ I know if yon-voters giv-fma ajhclping hand, I’ll become the greatest Statesman in the land.
; , r . Hurrah, Hurrah, . . I am the great'Pod-Baa , : iWhen in form I on the platform prance, 'The pretty maidens-a'l, I entrance, . ;To fay lam an inddpshdant/.wby its'all my ‘bye u - - “ Massey,” “ Maegsy” is my battle cry, Hurrab, Hurrah, !'' - • I ant the great Poo-Baa. I fandy my ancestors must have fought at rFfintenoy, ' ‘That’s how I inherit the gift to destroy, , lYsu know I don’t pretend to possess tbe gift to construct, I leave, that to Seddon/andhis plebian ruck. 1 Hurrah, Hurrab, I am the great Poo-Baa. I have told you how,l hate Timi Kara and tha native race You bet against them. I am sure to legislate, I’ll do my best to foster the growth of large ■’ estates, ; , Labourers must be content with. the-orumbs from the great man’s plate. - • ' Hurrah, Hurrah, ' lam the great'Poo-Baa. lamj.eto., Ake, Ake, Eai Kaha} Haere, Tono, Ra j
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1616, 1 December 1905, Page 2
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179A SELECT ELECTION POEM. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1616, 1 December 1905, Page 2
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