VOTE OUT THE TORIES.
(A Wellington North song that may be adapted to suit other constituencies.) Air: " Marchins Through Georgia." Shout the joyful tidings, boys, right from shore to shore; We'll strike "a blow for Freedom as our fathers did of yore. Tbe bad old Massey Government, you'll never hear of more. Vote, vote, vote, against the Tory. Chorus — Hurrah! Hurrah 1 In Freedom's van aro we I Hurrah! Hurrah 1 The voto can set us freeFree as free colonials, from Massey's tyranny. Vote, vote, vote, against t!he Tory. Vhen tho present War began, and guns commenced to roar, The Tories, faithful to their class, let the prices soar. Remember, if that crowd gets back, your foed will cost you more Vote, voto, vote, against the Tory. If you want a nice investment, have an.Ostrich Farm; Although its valuo may be low, you'll never come to harm; • Remember that a railway sometimes acts just like a charm. Vote, vote, vote, against the Tory. By the broad Waikato's bank forty miners sleep— Compared to coal-mine dividends, their lives were counted cheap--We'll not forget the widows and the orphans left to weep. Vote, vote, vote, against the Tory. Think of old Bill Massey, with the deal which he calls square; Fisher with his many coats, all of them threadbare; And Herdman, who on polling day, nigh to death we'll scar©. . Vote, vote, vote, against the Tory. HOLLAND is our candidate, and HARRY'S GOING TO V/IN. lie's always stuck to Labour's cause thick and thin. We'll stick to him on polling day: Our votes will put him in. Vote, vote, vote, against the Tory.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 5, Issue 200, 2 December 1914, Page 4
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271VOTE OUT THE TORIES. Maoriland Worker, Volume 5, Issue 200, 2 December 1914, Page 4
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