THE SPLIT CABINIT.
[Dunedin Saturday Adve'itiser.] Come all yo Opposition mm, whativer that ye be', I hope yell pay attintion and listen unto me, A saycrit grate about the State, I'll whisper to ye now. . ; The Cabinit is split, ye sowls, the boys.^ have had a row. The Ministers assembled for a Cabinit Seeance One night* when we (Sir George an' me) wor sthrollin' near by chance, Whin', be mo sowl, we heard a growl ; " Och George ! " sez I •* bow-wow, Faix here's a lark, ye here em bark, the boys have had a row. "Whist Pat," ses he, "bad luck to ye. keep quiet , ay ye plaize,. I'll peep inside,, the split is'wfde, an,d hear what Pollen says, ' " ' I know the ro^os— they raise my hopes— the Kurnel shouts '.Allow Ter Chief to know '—ha, there's a blow— the boys haye had a row. Och, tare-an-ages ! had ye heeredf&he ruction that was there, Aitch bloody nose, wid thumpin' blows, was crimson wid' despair ; The Kurnel and the Docthor faught, faix I can't tell ye how, Till hoth had styes upon their eyes— the boys have had a row. H/urroo, hurroo 1 this thraitor crew, will tumble, I'll be bound, From mouth to mouth, from noHh to 1 soutb, our watchword flies around, From Plinty's Bny, hooray, hooray, to Cargill's lofty brow, ' The people's cry is *' Mindjyer eye,, the. boys have had a row 1" . . The tyrant crew thried to subdue, wid their connivin' thricks,. Our shiuin' light, bould Kawau's knight, the prince of polytricks ; The ship of State would be complait, wid Geordie at the prow, Begog, he'll soon be there, yell.[ see—t he boys have had a row. Thin shout, ye bould Provincialists, the day is dhrawin' near. Whin we shall sit in Cabinit wid saits of honor here ; Wid Geordie, Bob, an' Mac, begob, we'll show the varmints how To make the laws correct, because the boys have had a row. Paddy Murphy. Lambton Kay, Williugton,.
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 41, 13 July 1877, Page 2
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