Pleeceman X Moralizs.
Has I was walkin’ hon my beat Of a luvely summer nite, Hin’ vatchin’ coves iu Villis street A reelin' home all tight, Ven van of ’em vas chaffin’ me Say« I, “ If that’s your game, You mayn’t Lke kw d to heud your spree, But you'll get there just the same.” A crowd met <<ut at Hiland Bay Edgercashun to hadwance ; Srnitn wopped his rnan I heard ’em say, To see 1 got no chance. Our Jarge vos there for learnin’s sake, Looked at the fight with shame, But “ prize deliveries” bein’ his fake, He got there just the same. When veil-dressed mobs to weddings throng. And St. Peter’s desecrate It’s time for the saint to come along And shut his herthly gate, If cuppies vould go to the Register-ar Serrymonials might be tame. But no rowdy crowd cou'd comfort mar, Han’ they’d get there just the same. The Premier for Too Kuti steels With muddlin’, cost, and jaw, Han 1 now has laid him by the heels Spite of common sense hand law. The Mowry’s rights he .may retrench Next Mession he’ll catch the blame J He ’ates the Oppersishnn Bench, Bat he’ll get there just the I/fLij (in Wellington Press),
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 272, 12 March 1889, Page 3
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206Pleeceman X Moralizs. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 272, 12 March 1889, Page 3
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