The Middleman.
+ AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR THE PEOPLE. Air •. There's a land that bears a famous name. There's a man who plays a paying gameThough often he swear 'tis not— Whose name is a great and honoured name, While others go to pot. For he stands at ease where others fall, Where others sink cau swim, jlnd those who toil and spin — yes, all Work, sweat, live, die for him. He's an absolute ruler, deny it who con Our modern monarch, King Middleman. There*, a trick to swell each big account And every little bill, Each item m the grand amount Insensibly to fill ; For they charge to bny and then to sell. They charge for charging, too. And then charge you for me as well, Then me for charging you. "Ks a marvellous science, deny it who can, The double game of the Middleman. There's a ring that girdles every land, And circles every sea, Of iron wrought in a cunning band, You feel yet cannot see. But its fell embrace is around each trade. Its bond on every limb, And the venturous fool who would bear them aid Boon feels ita woight on him. 'Tis a magical circle, deny it who con, The mystic ring of the Middleman.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5549, 22 February 1886, Page 3
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210The Middleman. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5549, 22 February 1886, Page 3
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