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Six hundred ctjnribalg At war with Britain's crown. And Britain either can't or won't Put these Maories down. They dq not care for bombshells, For powder, or for ball ; They know that they are cared for ■*yjthin gxeter HalL But cannibals are Christians, Converted as you see ; drink their grog, They sinpke their pipe, And take their cup of tea ; Then after that they have a dance, And cut some funny rigs, Then m\iT«ler a fevr pwkehaa, And throw theiu to the pigs. But still we must be lenient, And rather lose our all Than have it said that we were harsh Within. Exeter hall ; For tho' they burn our homesteads, And dance in blood and brains, They still no less aTe Christians ;— That's something for qur pains } Oh J is it not refreshing, "When one begins to think How the Maories are converted, And turned from ruin's brink ; Tho' they have made us desolate, The gain is. all in all. Let the Halleluiah chorus Bla* ym>u»h Exeter HalL Cbaigielee. Dunedin, October 6th.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 87, 9 October 1869, Page 6
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