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Victoria College Students' Carnival. Thursday and Saturday - 25th & 27th June 1908

Duet-Adam and Watt-Buncombe

Duet-Adam and Watt-Buncombe.

Adam : Once to an isle in the blue Pacific
One little cuckoo came,
Watt-Buncombe: On that isle there lived in peace
A kiwi happy and tame.
Adam : The cuckoo was won by that island's charm
So he telegraphed home to his mate,
Watt-Buncombe : And they took the kiwi's nest in the cabbage palm
And the little bird left to his fate.

Both : What a pair of cheeky little cuckoos,
Theirs was a very selfish act,
When they seized the little island
For to settle there in style and
Poor little kiwi sacked;
Yes it really was a very bad act.

Adam : Long years after on that isle a statesman
Thought of a very good plan.
Watt-Buncombe; I've not yet heard of a politician thinking
I suppose that here they can.
Adam : Said he, "In the stead of the old bullock dray
Let us have the Iron Horse."
Watt-Buncombe : So a Main Trunk line was begun one day
To be finished in a year, of course.

Both : What a very clever politician
His was a very happy plan.
All the loafers get enjoyment,
For it gives them such employment
As only state jobs can;
Yes, it really was a very good plan.

Try Wallace & Gibson, "The Kash." for Winter Underclothing, Gloves, and Overcoats.

page 22

Smoke "Lucy Hinton" Tobacco.

Watt-Buncombe: Paid by the state, your politicians
Evidently cut a dash.
Adam : After talking rot, they sleepily at midnight
Allocate the public cash.
Watt-Buncombe : As for Public Works I believe that the load
Of temptation on a man is hard,
Adam: Each takes home a bridge or a road
To decorate his own back yard.
Both : What a lot of stupid politicians,
Theirs is a very silly plan;
Though a politician never
Is imbursed for being clever,
If he to think began
It would really be a very good plan.

Enter Dr. Phin Leigh.