THE BRAZEN TRUMPET.
(" Uorn Cob," in the Australasian.) Anthony Trollope Says we can wallop i The whole of creation at "blowing." ' It's well in a way, Bnt then he don't say i We blowaboutnothing worth showing. ' We've got the best clime On this side the line ; Our lands are both fertile and strong ; We've corn, wine, and oil, I Which 'ake a good soil To ripen, and bring 'em along. We've pedigreed stocks, And finer sheep flocks Can be seen nowhere else on the earth. Earns, horses, and bulls, And long-stayled wools Our pastures sustain and give birth. We grow bone and muscle, To stand a stout tussle ; We've licked "All England" at cricket ; How well we can row 'Twere neeHless to show Since Britain knocked, under to Triekett. We're proud of our birth, We're proud of our earth, We're proud of our ewes and our rams, We're proud of our mines, We're proud of our vines, And we're proud to be aught else but shams. Now, Ant'ny Trollope, Say we can wallop The whol" of creation at blowing, But take back your sneer. My word now ! look here ! D'ye think it's tor nothing wore crowing'
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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 100, 9 April 1877, Page 2
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196THE BRAZEN TRUMPET. Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 100, 9 April 1877, Page 2
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