PLEECEMUN X TO THE FORE.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 517, 11 September 1875, Page 2

PLEECEMUN X TO THE FORE.

(Being a true and faithful account of the seare~ near Bolorangi, bj Special Oorrespoadeut X.) '

Correspondent for the Buster, Armed with baton and with rattb, Galiuut peelers forter muster, Wont your Speihal forth to battle. Wich hinspir'd wub by dooty, And a kind of distant noahun Hof the pro3peoks -of the Booty, Not to mention tin Pro motion. Wioli the Force 'aye beeu some yee*e iv Hand my name it looks quite nobby Wich the Role of Fame appeerj in" With the Eank of Private Bobjy ! Wich some whim it were as led me Though variety infooses To write verses in a medley As costrairy to my Muse is. AII:— "TEX LITTLE NIGGERS." Four new chum ditchers, digging in a swamp, One went away to bri ng tucker from the camp, He went to Cambridge to have a little spree, Go tight and stayed there, and thon there were three. Three nervous ditchers, loo Tua« rather blue, One sang out, "Smoke, oh!" and then there were two. Two funky ditchers working in the aun, One cried out, "Spell, oh !" and then tkere was one. One poor ditcher, working all alone, Threw down hie shovel, and then thore was none. Chorus— One little, tw© little, three iittie, four little, &c. TIIE WARNING ! They told 'em gently to " lacre kitvhar" And siii " Kuipai !" an i howled, The danced a war dance, " He ! he ! ha ! ha ! And horribly grinned and scowled. T'w is not in vain, they left the spot With looks of sudden horror ; " L-t's •lido!" they cried, " it's getting hot, We'll come again tomorrow.* XHB NIGHT. There was a sound unearthly by ni^ht, And Maori Hauhaua had githsred th^re, Their women and piokanmies, and bright The fire gleamei on wahines md tatooed men Rolled in tWeir blanket 3 lazily, and when Music aroae with its discordant swell, Rough thro its gave soundd to throats which yelled again, And all went merry as the fiends of —well A place it aiut polite for mo to telL TIIK RESTUHN. The morning mijts were breaking fast, As to their wjrk four lab'rerd piSB)d , And spades, they bore, to make the drains To oarry off the floods and rains For Walker. "Dxi't go so fast," the new chuiu said, "The Hauhau* may bejuet ahead," Another walking by his side In nerrous tones and weak replied :—: — 41 Oh Walker !" <( Oh, stay," another ditcher spoke, " Let's sit down here, and have a tmoke" A tear stood in the new c'mm's eye, He only ausworcd with a si>^K, * That Walker." There in the morning cold and drear, They saw <v sight that uande them queer, And from the deptlis of that morass, A voice yelled out in doable bass,

"TheNig a 'ersJ"

THE SKEDADDLE. And^there was bolting in hot haste, yon bet, The new chums, old chums, all the blessed lot Went rushing forward thiongh the sluek and wet, All swiftly making for a 3afer spot ; And the deep oatha that sounded in that swamp, d 3 in the mud there stumbled that new chum, And starred up again all wet and lUrap, Shouting out loudly, " To hum, to hun* !"