A VOTE IN THE HAND...
[By WHIM WHAM] It wouldn't have influenced History one Jot Whether I happened to like Ike or ■And my personal Veto wouldn't amount to a Thing In the U.N., which is why I am moved to sing Of the local Bods, The vocal Bods, The Parish Pumps and the. little Tin gods, The Mayors with Chains, The Lords of the Drains. And All who hold the municipal Reins, The Boroughs, the Boards, The urban Wards, Where Everything rateable Must be debateable. Highways and Byways, Your Ways, my Ways, From Pillar to Post. Not to mention the Host Of more intimate Matters that call
for Reflection, Refuse Removal. Traffic Inspection, Dog Licences, all Of which urgently call For exceptional Talents in Those we appoint To the onerous Duty of running the
Joint, It: the Bods we elect, The Bods we expect Somehow to keep Civilisation int*ct. The Bods we exalt — It'll be THEIR Fault If it comes to a horrible grinding
Halt— The Bods we star In the Hope that they are Worth Double their Weight in Roadmetal and Tar!
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28128, 17 November 1956, Page 10
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184A VOTE IN THE HAND... Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28128, 17 November 1956, Page 10
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