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Joseph Jones and Peter Dawking / Strove in an election fight; / And you'd think, to hear them talking, / Each upheld the people's right. / Each declared he stood for Progress and against his country's foes / When he sought their votes at Wombat, where the Muddy River flows.
Peter Dawking, scorning party, / As an Independent ran; / Joseph Jones, loud, blatant, hearty, / Was a solid party man. / But the electors up at Wombat vowed to him alone they'd stick / Who would give his sacred promise for the "bridge across the crick".