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Pat M‘Durmer brought the tidings to the town of God-Forgotten: / ‘There are lively days before ye -- commin Parlymint's dissolved! ' / And the boys were all excited, for the State, of course, was ‘rotten,' / And, in subsequent elections, God-Forgotten was involved. / There was little there to live for save in drinking beer and eating; / But we rose on this occasion ere the news appeared in print, / For the boys of God-Forgotten, at a wild, uproarious meeting, / Nominated Billy Blazes for the commin Parlymint.
Other towns had other favourites, but the day before the battle / Bushmen flocked to God-Forgotten, and the distant sheds were still; / Sheep were left to go to glory, and neglected mobs of cattle / Went a-straying down the river at their sweet bucolic will. / William Spouter stood for Freetrade (and his votes were split by Nottin), / He had influence behind him and he also had the tin, / But across the lonely flatlands came the cry of God-Forgotten, / ‘Vote for Blazes and Protection, and the land you're living in!'