WAIKATO ELECTIONEERING RHYMES. BY Neveryoumindwho.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 568, 11 January 1876, Page 2

WAIKATO ELECTIONEERING RHYMES. BY Neveryoumindwho.

The following hat been jortoarded to vt for publication from a* etlremed vubseribti: — iID. Song— Aik— •' Guily the Troubadour."

Me»sr» McMinn and Cox. Gaily at candidate! hither we ride, Each of un hoping to nmke you hu bride; Singing, O happy the wooer will be, Wuipa dci r Wuipu, chosen by thec. (Jhorun — By the tree »ud independent's of Waipa. More thnn one member we'Te doomed to despair, Packing them off with flets in their ear, It miy be, youi toil and jour trouble you'll rue, Gentlemen, gentlemen, coming to woo.

Solo by Soapy Danikl, with Ministerial CHouua. Which of tlie wooers would giie me his lov»? lie— as " the Tnenilxr" I should approvo, Singing so lung us he's wedded to iuc, A.uy one, any one, welcome would be. Trio. ' Messrs C— x, and two Courtiers. Am—" Bow, wow wow," C — x. Oh am I not lair Waipa't King, myiubjecU can't I rule, hi rs ; And yet I'm b.iflled by Mc-n who's just returned from school, siru ; Now tell me tiuc my courtiers two, d'ye think we've man iged badly This near upproaih lioni Murter Kocbe, it makes me lecl «o nudly. Ist Courtier. (Doubtfully,) no, no, no. C — x For if }nu do, (.peak out, sh*, pray. 2iid Courtici. (Emphatically,) Oh I no, no, uo. C— x AtHmhwuy Boaidn and aa MP C, Mac's 1< ai ut his education A inodtl in my noble self he's had for imitation. Yet all decorum he defies, in rain we try to htop, ah, Now do >ou renlly mean to lay, thi» sort of thing is propar. Ist Courtier. (Soothingly), no, no, no ! C— x For if you do, tpoak out, lirs, pray. 2nd Courtier. (Indignantly), Oh ! no, uo, no.