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Chris Watson, of the Parliament, / By his Caucus Gods he swore / That the great Labor Party / Should suffer wrong no more. / By his Caucus Gods he swore it, / And named a trysting day, / And bade his Socialists ride forth, / East and west and south and north, / To summon his array.
East and west and south and north / The Socialists ride fast, / And every town in New South Wales / Has heard their trumpet's blast. / Shame to the false elector / Who lingers in his hole, / While Watson and his myrmidons / Are riding to the poll.
Then up spake brave Horatius Gould, / And a Liberal proud was he, / "Now, who will stand on either hand / And face the foe with me? " / Then out spake bold Herminius Millen, / And Walker out spake he, / "We will abide on either side / And win a seat with thee."
-"Tis well", quoth brave Horatius, / "As thou sayest, so let it be. " / And straight against the proletaire / Forth went the dauntless three. / (Issue impending)
The Evening News, 8 December 1906