CAN YOU DANCE THE POWELKA?

NZ Truth, Issue 252, 23 April 1910, Page 1

CAN YOU DANCE THE POWELKA?

(For "N,Z. Truth.")

Can you dance the Powellca? Yes, I can : Up and down the country, like a good young man ; . . But yon musrt't black his eyes, or tread upon his toes ; — That's the way the Powelka goes ! Can you dance the Powelka ? Sure, I can : Bobbing up and down , around the man ; But you musn't ever- see him, though he's under your nose ; — That's the way the Powelka goes,! Can you dance the Powelka? . Of course, 1 can : You fire away at everything that looks:' like a man ; You try to pop a bobby, and if not break Ms nose ;— ' That's the way the Powetta goes-!' Can you dance the- Powelka.?, NOW, I can: Because he's under lock and key, and quite a harmless man ; I fear Mm no longer as I whirl on my ■\. toes;— That's the way the. Powelka goesi i

• • • "DIVES AN& UZARUS."

I "Women m Queensland used to get Is 7d a dozen for making men's shirts, 2s 3d a dozen for malting dungaree trousers, : and 4s 6d a dozen for matting women's skirts. (Cries of 'Shame!') The Creatornever intended that there should he boundless wealth on; the one hand, and hopeless poverty on the other. The Labor : Party wants to. bridge the gulf between Dives on one side and Lazarus on the J other. There is poverty m Australia, and j,we can remove. ft by getting right down on the land with a tax."-*Mr David Bowman, leader of the t^ueeastond Liabor Party. Oh. Dives sits jn Ms cushioned chair, Aod sippeth his sparkling wines; And the smoke of his chimneys fool toe air— . The smoke of his works and mines. And Lazarus toils m a narrow drive, . 'Midst the blackened reek .and slime ; Or his widow to keep the bairns alive Makes shirts at a penny a-* time. Dives and Lazarus, Up and below,! It is time that we balanced the ledger, you know**, On, Disres dealeth m- stocks and shares, And he dealeth m Trusts and" Ringsi And he ,cbackles m glee as he "bulls" or' .: "bears," \ ' And pulleth the silent strings. '» And the wages of Lazarns must vcoroqdown, For. the dividends must go up, Or Dives weareth an angry frown As be sitteth him down to sop.. Dives and Lazarus, Merry and sad, It is time that the scales were- adjusted, my lad. \ .Oh, Dives counteth his herds and Socks, On their' pastures fair and green, And Lazarus toils 'midst the barren. rocks, ] With the scrub and the sand between-,; And Dive's wife m a motor car To the township speedeth fleet, Whilst the Lazarus lass must walk .afar. _ With her bare and blistered feet. 1 Dives and Lazarus, . '* Bloated and lean, . It is time that we . broke-- -dawn ,the barriers between. .

RETALIATION.

Tommy had a little ram, Its horns curved round and round, ' And Tommy thought ft fun to mates That ram'kin butt and bound. ■ He followed it with sticks and stones, i And then with mirthful eye Would watch it run out cm tbe toad And butt the passer-by. ; One day the ramkin followed Tom ; (What makes him love Tom so '!) The ram had learned its lesson well, Aad now Tom walketh slow. . ( ■ * • * -1 : NO, NEVER! : Premier Wade, of N.S. Wales, says that 1 "if any ■ body of employers were to act J as the miners had done . . . they i would be treated m exactly the same ' way." . * i If wealthy me* should break the laws — J I say— "lf they should do it"— < You bet your life I'd give them cause i ■ To rue it— *rue it — rue it. 3 • ■ i If rich men sinned ('twixt me and you, 1 I don't believe they'd do it), • < I'd" give them hominy to chew, ] And eighteen months to chew it, 1