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THE GREAT POLL-TAX VICTORY OF '88, by                    
First Line: The duke was in his hammock and a thousand miles / away
Last Line: He'll drum 'em through the lobbies as he's always used to do.
Subject(s): Newbolt, Henry, Sir (1862-1938); Taxes


The Duke was in his hammock and a thousand miles away
('London on the line, your Grace; for you')
Slung between the beech trees, one limpid day in May
('Bertie here — we're rather in a stew ...')
Yonder lay Westminster, yonder lay the House
With politicians, oily through and through,
And the endless gabbin' and the old back-stabbin';
But he saw his duty plainly as he'd always used to do.

The Duke is a backwoodsman, and keeps his backwoods ground,
('London on the line, your Grace; for you')
Doesn't study politics, but knows which side is sound
('Bertie here — we're rather in a stew')
Call him from the grouse-moor, call him from the hunt,
Call him when you need a vote or two.
If you need ammunition to kill the opposition,
He'll drum 'em through the lobbies as he's always used to do.





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