A PLAINT
f In “God’s Own Country,” where I live (In truth it’s rather funny) We’re short of water, short of eggs, And over-run by bunny. Though Agriculture is our boast We import lots of wheat And though our trees bear lots of fruit We can’t get fruit to eat. Of course, we have the WAR to blame And men from U.S.A. But yet, I think, if truth were told It’s not' what I would say. I think the whole land’s upside down, For townsmen rule the roost; They skim the cream from off the land To give the towns a boost. So there we are, and there we’ll stay Until we come a cropper, And learn that booming middle-men Is very far from proper. Let those who wish to make this land A place where all is right, Get off their perch, and scratch a bit, And make the outlook bright. —Anon.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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153A PLAINT Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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