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Scene.

A cabinet meeting.

Opening Chorus

Labour Ministers.

We are the flowers of the aristocracy;
We are the peers of the Labour Ministry:
We can confidently state
We legislate
While you wait-
Every ball we get by five
Is finished with by eight!

Wizards of finance, the rulers of the State
With careless abandon we gaily legislate.
We're afraid that our regime
Oft may seem
Like a dream-
We've a process which we deem
A most effective scheme.

Our creation-
Innovation -
Alcholic legislation -
Thought's a waste of time -

Drink, brothers, drink - never think - raise your steins,
Drink brothers drink and obliterate your minds.
Here's a bill that's rather new
Now on view -
What's to do?
We don't know what it's about
But we will let it through!

Stanley S.

Our statisticans last report
Discloses shameful facts -
Instead of passing, as we ought,
Innumerable Acts,
We've shirked our duty, gentlemen -
On Thursday there were only ten!

(A murmur of shocked horror runs through the ministers they raise their steins, drain their contents, and sing)

Ministers.

Drink, brothers, drink, - never think - raise your steins,
Drink, brothers, drink, - and obliterate your.: minds.
Here's a bill that's rather new
Now on view
What's to do?
We don't know what it's about,
But we will let it through!

(The glasses are again filled during Mr. Sausage's speech)

Stanley S.

The first Bill of the evening is a little scheme I have called "Sausage time". Nowadays, we put the clocks back an hour, and get an hour more light; by this bill, we'll put them back twelve hours and we won't get any darkness at all.

Ministers. chorus

(Draining their steins.)

Drink, brothers, drink - never think - raise your steins,
Drink brothers drink, and obliterate your minds.

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We should say it would be gay
If It would stay
Always day -
Such an advantageous Bill
We'll put through right away!

Stanley S.

The next bill is called The Employers' Obliteration act. We've done almost everything possible to incommode the employers - we'd better put the poor things out of their misery. Let's sack 'em!

Ministers Chorus.

(Wildly draining steins)

Drink brothers, drink - never think - raise your steins Etc.