THE SPLIT CABINIT.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2641, 26 June 1877, Page 3

THE SPLIT CABINIT.

Come nil ye Opposition mm, whatever that ye be, I hope yell pay atfcintion and listen unto me, A aayorit grate about the State, I'll whisper to ye now. The Cabinet is split, ye sowls, the boys have had a row. The Ministers assembled for a Cabinet See— ance i One night, when we (Sir George an 1 me) wor ethrollin' near by chance, . I Whin', be me sowl, we heard & growl; " Och George !" ses I " bow-wow, I?aix here's a lark, ye here em bark, the boys hare had a row." "Whist Pat," ses he, "bad lack to ye, keep quiets ay ye plnize, I'll FeeP inside, the Bplit is wide, and hear ■what Pollen says, I know the rdpeo—they raise my hopes—the Kurnel shouts ' Allow Ter Chief to know' —ha, there's a blow—the boys hare had a row. Ooh, tare-an-ages! had ye heerd the ruction that was there, Aitch bloody nose, wid thumpin' blows, was crimson wid' despair $ The Kurnel and tbe Doothor fought, faix I can't tell ye how, Till both had styes upon their eyes—the boys have had a row. Hurroo, hurroo! this thraitor orew, will tumbl^, I'll be bound, ITrom mouth to mouth, from north to south, our watchword flies around, From Plinty's Bay, hooray, hooray, to Cargill's lofty brow, The people's cry is " Mind yer eye, the boys have had a row ! " The tyrant crew thriod to subdue, wid their connivin' tbrioks, Our shinin' light, bould Kawau's" knight, tho prince of poly tricks ; The ship of state would be complaito, wid Geordie at the prow, Begog, he'll soon be there, yell see—the boys have had a row. Thin shout, yo bould Provincialises, the day is dhrawin' near. Whin we shall sifc in Cabinit wid saits of honour here; " ! Wid Geordie, Bob, an' Mac, begob, we'll show the varmints how To make the laws correct, because the boys -• have had a row. , k j Paddy Mubphy. Lambton Kay, Wellington, 9th June, 1877. —-Dunedin. Saturday Advertiser.