ROIORUA MINSTRELS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3055, 13 February 1892, Page 3

ROIORUA MINSTRELS.

Aih—"lr Beat the Play at DonnylillOOK." On tho twenty-thiid of July, in tho year of ninety-one, Tho Rotorua Minstrels opened up with jolly fun. Thoy commenced ti> sinp "Ye Darkies All," a* loud as thny could bawl, And their voices tilled the corners of the Pukeroa Hall. There was Croker hid behind the wings he looked just like n thief; He'd his eye upon the berri''.", and a bag of stump speech. . . And the windy man frotn Sydney, with Ins kisser hanging lnosj; Ho was sitting on those duck eggs that was laid by neighbour's goose. Then Tambo C got up to G in his music, right or wrong, . . And learnt the ladies how to kiss in the chorus of his song. He said John Duncan's apron was very near his teeth, And he chewed up hay for Misscall and a bag of stump speech. And then there came the dying duck, and a love song he did sing ; And he didn't forget to pass a joke on H. and Mrs King. . Then the windy man from Sydney, with hif. kisssr hanging loose; 110 was sitting '>n tho«© duck ©KS3 that was laid by neighbour's goose.

Then Johnson passed a joke about the beer and Tambo's teeth, t v And the answer, it was plainly seen ; twaS in stnmp speech. Then Charlie Moore, the banjo-man, looked painted by the yard ; He'd a poultice on his kisser that he picked up in the ward. We'd a bird among the niggers—not a pheasant, but a Crow ; But not the bird that cracked the shot, as you may see below. Then the windy man from Sydney, with his kisser hanging loose ; He'd sat and cracked a duck egg that was laid by neighbour's goo6e. Th in the railway it was coming and the cars were on the truck. And Griffith oif to Baltimore all Butt upon his back. Then the loneless man came on the stage with his head between his knees, And they thought it was a piece of meat for undertaker Keys. And Croker in the back yard; be was looking for O'Keefe, Who was hid away behind a dray with a bag of stump speech. And the windy man from Sydney, with his kisser hanging loose, He'd sit and busted all the egg 3 that was laid by neighbour's goose. Then Mother stretched out dreaming of her son across the seaa, And they thought it was another case for undertaker Keys. Then in came Darkie Brady, and he danced an Irish gig, And after his performance in came Robert with his wig. He talked of love and courtship, and what it really is, And the hair he had upon his head poor Samson thought was his. Then the windy man from Sydney with his kisser hanging loose, ■' He was laughing at the female bird but not from neighbour's goose.

Then in came the Bobby with a blister on his nose, And a warrant read and duly signed by J.P. Neddy Rose. He said he wanted every man for fighting in the ring, And the time it took to run them in was kept by Robert King. Tha bobby made for Prodger and got Prodger on the floor; And then lie wanted Robert with the takings at the door; And then the play was over, and the birds began to sing, '• A pocket full of money in the hands of Bobby King. "