Pipes—And a Parody

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 532, 8 December 1928, Page 26

Pipes—And a Parody

A “rag” - was prepared for Mr. Stanley Baldwin when he visited Aberystwyth to receive the freedom of the borough and to deliver his inaugural address at the University College of Wales. When he rose to speak at the college he was confronted by a forest of pipes, for it had been arranged that every student, man or girl, should flourish a briar while the college yell was hurled at the Prime Minister. In the streets a massed choir, led b' ir “Sister Aimee,” "wearing a college gown and tw'o magnificent white wings, sang to the beat of her wings a parody of the popular "OF Man River.” OV man Stanley, that or man Stanley, He mus’ know somethin’: he don't say nujfin’; He jus* keeps puffin his pipe. He ain’t a wizard; he ain’t a hot ’un; His pigs is good, an’ his politics is rotten. But ol’ man Stanley, He jus’ keeps puffin’ his pipe. You an’ me, we sweat an’ strain; Body all achin’ an’ achin’ brain , Swot this book: cram this page, We earn a little cash an’ we die of age. Can’t pay taxes an’ sick of tryin’ : Can’t afford livin’ or pay for dyin’. But ol’ man Stanley, He jus’ keeps puffin’ his pipe. Later six “flappers," from the crinoline type to the modern maiden with a long cigarette holder, presented Mr. Baldwin a floral emblem in the form of a heart gashed with red to denote undying affection and gratitude for the vote.