LAWRENCE EXALTETH HERSELF.
Oh.! my name it Is Lawrence': the" first town of the Province ; And my pockets all "are- heavy with the rhino. With my sheep and golden ores, and Fraexfa and Aitken's stores, I'm better off than any town that / know. Yes ; I'm better off than any town that 1 know. Yet, hurrah, this is not all ;— for with my ' new Town Hall, I'll be better off than any town that / know; Athemeum and Gaol to me are no avail, And Pyke's folly, so grand in execution. Until the Hall appears of Whittet and of Mears, And I gaze on this public institution. Yes ; I'll build this public institution. My wits indeed were dull, with my pockets crammed so full, If I lacked this public institution. Clyde and Queenstown you may try, but with me 'tis vain to vie, For of loans and taxation no one prates ; Butra three thousand hall is the hobby of us all,
And we cry, Oh ! hang the heavy rates. Yes, we sing, Oh ! hang the hgavy rates. So let's try with all our might to borrow left and right, Still singing, Oh ! hang the heavy rates.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 335, 4 March 1874, Page 2
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194LAWRENCE EXALTETH HERSELF. Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 335, 4 March 1874, Page 2
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