THREE CHEERS FOR THE MILLIONAIRE.

Maoriland Worker, Volume I, Issue 6, 20 February 1911, Page 3

THREE CHEERS FOR THE MILLIONAIRE.

(By JAMES SIMPSON, Westport.) Author of Song of King Trust, etc. Hurrah! for the millionaire, hip-hip-Hurrah ! for the millionaire; Take off your hat to the plutocrat, With his ways so debonnaire. Aye might all have been as rich as he, Had we but been conscience blind ; He made his pile in a "taking" style. And left us all behind. Hurrah 1 fo-r the millionaire, my boys, Hurrah! for the millionaire: Without his doles we would scarce have souls, In the world he's made so fair. He has been a friend to you and mc, For we owe him all we've got; He takes the spoil of our honest toil, But he seldom grabs the lot. Hurrah 1 for the millionaire, my boys. Hurrah! for the millionaire •" We would "peter out" without a doubt. If it were not for his care. In the days of old, the pirate bold, Was a thieving sort of cad; They had "taking ways" in the ancient days, B?it the modern beats them bad. Shy clear ot the "Agitator" crew; Of the "union men" beware; Your faith they'll shake in the men who make Your lot so fair and .square. While we have a scanty cru.st to eat, And a rag of duds to wear, Let us rest content that our lives are spent In the yoke of the millionaire. Hurrah ! for the millionaire, my boys. Hurrah! for the millionaire; He s the prop ami stay or the world to-day, Then let things "rip and tear;" ihe men who toil and the men who moil— In the Lord's name, what are they ? J hen nng the air for the millionaire. And let's cheer him nM rhe wav