Warren Fahey

SOURCE: Written by T E leonard, Sydney
PARODY: Off to Philadelphia

OFF TO PHILADELPHIA

At a Band of Hope excursion
For a little light diversion
Mr Michael Morriarty has gone in,
And hell cause a great sensation
'Mongst the Manly population
For he's going to bath his tootsies in the morning.

When he gets in the water,
All the fishes he will slaughter
The ocean beach their corpses adorning,
And those who are stoney
Will be buying eau de cologne
When he baths his trilby covers in the morning.

Now 'Jawbone' Neild, the 'Major',
Has been on his bad behaviour,
His regimentals soon he will be pawning
And he'll see no points, that's certain
When they're ringing up the curtain
And the General reads the Riot Act in the morning.

Oh no one could be bolder
Than the Paddingtonian soldier
With his spiked moustache in Parliament adorning
If his jaw could do the fight in
Then, by God, he'd be the right in
To fight all England's enemies in the morning.

Now Reid thinks he's copped the nation
With his scheme of Federation,
He's as calm as the country he was bom in
And the Upper House he's filling
With a lot of blokes that's willing,
But hell have to face the country in the morning.

With his bundle on his shoulder
He'll be going 'ere he's much older.
Thos. Lyne and Toby Barton he was scornin'
And the cablegram did fright him
and he's not prepared to fight him
when Jack want comes strolling home in the morning

Now hear by morning's cable
that Australia is still able
to weild the willow of her fame adorning.
but with Gregory and Noble scoring
their opponent's colours lowering
'Twill take them all their time to beat 'em in the morning.

Now our Governor has landed
we will meet him open-handed.
he's the youngest one that has ever been sworn in,
oh, the single girls would catch him
and we'll have to feed and greet him,
there'll be Beecham's Pills for breakfast in the morning.

SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore Project - Section 14: CITY LIFE