THK PROPERTY TAX.
Bad luck an' rninashun ttind their legMa>-hun, They'v brought ipon this nashun despair an' mi^er-ee; Thpy tould us we wor dhramiu', n" tniu wid tnumph baimin', They coon be ran their bchaimia' to tax our proper-tee. The Majoi 1 , in his licturee, He dhrew some UL r ly pictures — I had me own oonjicturea of how it all would be — He f-ed the debts acoruin' W'»uld sind as all to ruin, As mischief was a brewing he'd tax our proper-tee. Se»> he : " It'« all bekay>. boys, 'Ihobe stupid pranks o' Grey's, boys, Has filled me wid amaze, boyt», — ye mind me, d'ye see ? I'm forced to tax me naybors, Ther a.'i urn's an' t.lier labor*, It's iailly chine, be jabers, I've taxed their piopsr-tee. " I h itf 1 yf>r 'poutin' praters, Yer dllaalro^^ au' thiaitors; Me fnuds, the speoulathnrs have always btaok to me ; The land-tax was too heavy, Mi' too sivairo a 'evy, To plai>o the bevy I've taxed all proper- tee." They'll thrv to make a rise, boys, But if ye all are wise, boys, Yell open up yer eyet>, boye, an' live from taxi's free. B.">iroi*"a its outrageout!, In thoe inlitrhtened ages, This blot on hiathry's pages, a tax oa proper-tee. Paddy Muepht. L'linbton Kay, We^inirton, Dec. ]sth.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1174, 6 January 1880, Page 2
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214THK PROPERTY TAX. Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1174, 6 January 1880, Page 2
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