Collected Poetry by Andrew Barton Paterson

Now listen to me and I'll tell you my views concerning the African war, And the man who upholds any different views, the same is a rotten Pro-Boer! (Though I'm getting a little bit doubtful myself, as it drags on week after week: But it's better not ask any questions at all--let us silence all doubts with a shriek!)

And first let us shriek the unstinted abuse that the Tory Press prefer De Wet is a madman, and Steyn is a liar, and Kruger a pitiful cur! (Though I think if Oom Paul--as old as he is--were to walk down the Strand with his gun, A lot of these heroes would hide in the sewers or take to their heels and run! For Paul he has fought like a man in his day, but now that he's feeble and weak And tired, and lonely, and old and grey, of course it's quite safe to shriek!)