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A New Operetta.

COPYRIGHT. 1 (Words by “Fancy” ; Musicby “Imagination.”) Act I. Scene 11. (The Board Room. The Secretary alone. Rises from chair, yawns, and looks at watch.) Sec.—Dear me ! thirty five minutes to eight And not come yet; Th- y’re always late, But I presume they won’t be long, And while I wait, I'll sing a song. SONG (MB BOCKKE). I'm a model secretary. For I m never in a flurry, Though I have a lot of worry, Fur a hundred pounds a year. That the screw is not enough a, Must be clear to any duffer, See the slander I’ve to suffer, For a hundred pounds a year. I read the minutes, keep accounts, With petty ca..h and small amounts And other thioes that no one counts, For a hundred pjunds a year. Am present on each meeting night, To set the erring members right, For ail (heir battles I've to fight, For a hundred pounds a year. Collect the rates, and sometimes sue Should any rate be overdue, AU this and more I have to do, For a hundred pounds a year. But hark ’ the Board is now at hand, And doubtless you will understand, My fee ings I must well command, For that hundred pounds a year. (Enter members of Harbor Board.) CHAIRMAN SINGING I By force of law, lu eighty four, This Board was constituted ; With members nine, From time to time. In various ways deputed. All.—With members nice, Ac. Messrs M. and D.—To everything that you suggest, You’ll please record our joint protest. To make our port The chief res >it Of the whole colonial trade, A barb >r fine We did design To suit ships of every grade. All.—A harbor fine, &c. Mr Chambers.—But for “ factious opposition ” We'd hold now a top position. We purged the role And took a poll; Our impatience knew no bounds, Till we sent home To raise a loan Of two hundred thousand pounds. AlL—Till we sent home, &c. Mr Gannon. —In proof, I would beg to refer To Solomon, it’s written there. Without delay We sent away For a first-clars engineer, A tidy screw We paid him too, Of eight hundred pounds a year. All.—A tidy screw, etc.,

A plan was drawn, And sent for form, To be duly authorised. And strange to say, That since that day, Il's been freely criticised. All: And strange to say, etc. MB TOWNLEY I Before that plan was sent away The public should have bad a say. To work we went, On success bent, Till our goal seemed drawing near; When strange event, The Parliament, Thought it right to interfere. We’re here to-night To see things right; _ If our member does explain, We’U act with tact, And that’s a fact, To put things all right again. All: We’ll act, etc., 'ENTER nr. GBAHAM.j Mr G.— Gentlemen, members of the Board, A patient hearing please accord, While I explain in language brief, The reason why I’ve come to grief. (Long explanation in which Mr G. finally confesses that be does not understand the Act himself. Dialogue between members, in which it is found they are no wiser than before.) The Chairman—There’s one course left, if you concur, It to a lawyer we’ll refer. AU.— Yes ! refer it to the lawyers. And never mind the cost. Tee ! refer it to the lawyers, And let no time be lost. Yes 1. refer it to the lawyers, We’ve got some surplus cash. Yes ! refer it to the lawyers, We’ll all the sooner smash. Yes I refer it to the lawyers, A pretty fix we’re in. Yes! refer it to the lawyers, And someone’s sure to win. 'CuBTAIN.j

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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 197, 18 September 1888, Page 3

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A New Operetta. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 197, 18 September 1888, Page 3

A New Operetta. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 197, 18 September 1888, Page 3

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