COMPLAININGS ON THE BLOCK.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 231, 14 February 1885, Page 10

COMPLAININGS ON THE BLOCK.

WaixTEJr, and sung by Mr ~R. Wiseman at theanniversary concert of the Oddfellows, Academy of Music, Grrahainstown, January 29;. 1885. ■ Air, — "The Babies on the Block. " I've been asked here to sing a song, how can I J . find a theme, ' < When everything so quiet is, and dullness reignssupreme ? ..'.-...:- The bobbies have no work to do, it ■ gives . them* quite a shock, ■ : ' And day nor night they cannot find a job uponthe block, * . . ■ „'"_, The inspector acd the sergeants, the constableslikewise, „ , . " Their lot is not a happy one/'youhear as each* one sighs ; j ' , The watch-house is quite empty)' the cells look bare and grim, ' . " .': ■ ' ' ! And not a single drank for days can they get? to> run in. ' " ■ -=' ' ' O, lack O, lackadaisy !— O, what shall wedo? • ; ■■•■ :i; The look-out 19 alarming;, and the prospect; very blue ; .■■:,. . : .- . Stagnation ia the only tbingthat's stirring, about, ' ' And, it' a change don't happen soon', we'dbetter all clear out.. If we have got a claim that pays, and quartz ialooking tine, , "Fantastic tricks they play" with it, just likethe Cambria mme — A legal manager, of course, in Auckland they. ! must get, Then take the quartz there to be crushed.— that [ was a sell, you bet. So expert at th« crushing, thesiß&lting.ahd.assay,. That more than half the gold they got iv. tailings threw away ; A scheme the} have concocted, ' it does seem rather hard — They're going to take the claim up. there, to pub in their back yard. O, lack, &c. Those amateur quartz-crushers,, they w«re a> clever lot — Forgot to take a license out, so caught ib pretty hot.. They summoned were before the beak, and much to their dismay ■ He said — " A fine of fifty pounds for this you have to pay," Their golden whistle costly was* dear, experiencebought. J3"ow, I'll suggest a way to crush, that won!t be niHch expense : They need no steam nor water powerj with such. they can compete, Use their own battery portable, and do it withj their feet. O, lack, &c. The Mayor and Borough Councillors will soom have cause tc sigh For the great injustice they have done the Ward of Parawai. The district so impoi*tant is, its voters number ten,. They hud three members to themselves — three staunch and solid men, The way they have been treated is enough to make them fume ; The gallant Mac and his brave friends deserve a>. better doom, They stand like men, demand to vote,- whyv shouldn't they be heard ? " But if they are defunct let them be deeentlyv interred." O, lack, &c. Encoee Vebses. Have you seen the County Chairman, anywhereabout of late ? He is dwindling to a shadow, and I tremble for his fate. The Vigilance Committee has just landed from* Paeroa, So look out for your apple cart, beware of' . T— m— y S vv ; The books they are examining, they'll spoil yourlittle games, Contracts, they say, are overpaid, I may not mention names ; The travelling expenses of each member they've. found out — A — m P — r did it cheaper, for he knew his way about. O, lack, &c. But if you are inclined to growl, or a fit of blue3you've got, Just look at the sharebrokers' now, aren't they a happy lot ; ; Don't every one of them appear a picture of' content ? Instead of five you'd really think they're making ten per cent. They livo in single . blessedness — I don't admiretheir plan — [ , Their Chairman is much better off— for he's a. a married man — You see them smile, and notes compare, ere parting have a sup, •■ .. To some hotel's that's ' near at hand they 'go and -^ liquor up. •-.,.■ y :■ O, lack, &c. ' ■:'• :• . . :N. Dear sisters, and dear brothers, too, whom I meet here to-night,; . ; To see you smile and hear you.', laugh Repays me amply quite i . . ,■•;■<■■;■:;.,,.■■.■•, , An Odafellow, you know, I am, ( and odd in many ways', _, ' "\\ •.■''.'', '",' ' ' And as I count as only one, will be odd all my dayij. But the ladies all, G-od bless them! what is ma^\ without their aid ? ' ' Be they mothers, sisters, daughters— whether widow, wife, or maid, I couldn't be a Mormon, ho, I wouldn't if I dare,. But, if I'm seen : here making ;love,.X must look out for my haiiv . , . 0, lack— O, lackadaisy ! — O, dear, what should I do. . ' . That would be quite alarming, and I should look very blue ? ' ' So, married ,meu, taka'my' advice, and . mind what you're about, „•<('.-.. ' ; For should you be; caught tripping; you. had better then clear otitv* ••'■•• s ;