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THE ANCESTORS OF KINGS.

: ». "The Court of Appeal at Leipzig, Saxony, m confirming a sentence of six months' imprisonment passed upon the editor of a Socialist newspaper, extended the law of lese ma-» jeste to attempts to deprecate and to bring into contempt the ancestors of the ruling King. : ,! : ' ■ "The editor pleaded that what w^s published was historical criticism." Let's give three cheers and drink big -^ beers, JM 'And drink to Kaiser Bill, JjP In Yarmanee his sovereignty J^T Is* upheld with a will ; f*"^ The Judges there they now declare, With wigs upon each head, It isn't wise to criticise The Royal person '; dead— The- Regal lot who find it hot T In Sheol, so it's said.. .You mustn't flinc at queen or king— . m * Though dead as Julius C.~ '-JBk A joke, top lliey might m ioMe'-^Sf^ J^ Km Be' in bill's ancestry ; You niii&tn't joke, or bprak poke At monarchs gone to hell. Bill's pedigree 'is long, you see/ And one can never tell- — A witty thing on a dead king Might land one m a cell. And though we're sure all kings are pure, And queens are proper tartsNo common man or maiden can Influence Royal hearts. , ' In Yarmanee' tis foolish, see, To tal£ about the dead, ' For coachmen's sons, the proverb runs. Have worn crowns on their heads, And common knaves— big, strapping slaves Have slept m Royal beds !

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NZ Truth, Issue 56, 14 July 1906, Page 1

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THE ANCESTORS OF KINGS. NZ Truth, Issue 56, 14 July 1906, Page 1

THE ANCESTORS OF KINGS. NZ Truth, Issue 56, 14 July 1906, Page 1

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