GALLAGHER'S PIG.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVIII, Issue 2, 9 May 1890, Page 13

GALLAGHER'S PIG.

(To an Irish tune.) Oh, Balfour the Brave is in high jubilation ; Fresh glory and fame he believes he has won ; And he feelß that he merits the thanks of the nation. So pood and so great is the deed he has done. His heart is so light, and his hopes have so ri6en, That oft he gets up and he dances a jig, Because he has Bdward M'Ginley in prison For winking at Gallagher's boycotted pig. 'Twas well to bring up before Gardner and Waring Both Nugent and Norris for coniuct bo vile As looking askance at a grabber, and daring To give him " a humbugging sort of a Bmile ; " Such triumphs of justice we've had io profusion, But nothing co glorious, so bright or so big, As giving M'Ginley three months of seclusion For winking at Gallagher's boycotted pig. Oh, the Union is saved and the Empire protected ; Society feels that its perils are o'er ; In Ireland the law is both feared and respected By millions who never admired it before. The ways of the League need no longer be dreaded, The cause of Home Rule has been snapped like a twig, For Balfour the Brave has M'Ginley plank-bedded For winking at Gallagher's boycotted pig. — Nation. T. D. S