LINES TO NICHOLAS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 8, 21 January 1905, Page 5 (Supplement)

LINES TO NICHOLAS.

I don’t know of what you were thinking When you shot at the boats of John Bull, Apparently bent upon sinking The outfit; perhaps you were full, Or maybe you did it on purpose— If so, the result may be tough. Say, haven’t you troubles enough, Nick? Haven’t you troubles enough? : Now, one would suppose, that you Russians Would feel more like handing your “bunk” Than creating terrific concussions And blazing away as though drunk. Manchuria needs your attention, And that’s no vague, meaningless bluff. Say, haven’t you troubles enough, Nick? Haven’t you troubles enough? Of course if you say you were tippling, John Bull will forgive you, I know, You’ll get a’few stanzas from Kipling And then be permitted to go. But if you insist that you meant it, Great Britain can also play rough. Say, haven’t you troubles enough, Nick? Haven’t you troubles enough? —American exchange.