The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-02
THE ROLE OF THE ROYAL
PAGE.

throne had sat down,
And had cribbed all her powder an
guns;
And they wouldn't obey when Grow
said 'get away
You bad bOys-arn't you scared a
my frown?"
There were guns everywhere, ant
shouts filled the air,
Of Down with the Lilly-let tn,
Eagle fly high;
The Bulldog may howl and the Lior
may roar,
But all rotten thrones shall be
knocked into pie"
She groaned as she thought, "there are
guns all around me;
oh! who will revenge me on these
horrid people?
They've guns in the barracks and, it
now seems to me,
They've even slowed some in the
opposite steeple.
II must know if it is, or is not, so;
Where's my waiter-in-chief? He
What no! Slaves! Attend! Quick, find
me my Joe.
Wikiwiki, or I'll send you to sheol.n
On the instant appeared a devoted
slave
A small one, but brave-and he
thought, ween,
That for him twas glory enough to
receive
A kick or curse from queen.
''Down! Down! On. your kneesp
cried the royal sprig.
"How dare you stand on your tiny
Ill make you dance the DEVILS jig,
Ii you dare approach me on your
pegs"
his bran new pants the carpet pressed, |
so quickly he seemed to take root.
WHATS the errand?u whiued he. |
IN take nO rest,
But, like sky-rocket, III scoot.u
The frown left her brow as She said
"That's how
Loyal slaves should all learn to 90:
wish all the small fry could be here I
just now,
To take good lesson from you.
Now trot right along, my nice little
man,
With this note to my Toady-in-
chief.
He may give you tip; so run as fast
as you can;
From my fears l must have quick
relief.
4 give you no tip; it's enough, I
ween,
For so loyal knight as you are,
% be first errand.boy to the Queen.
Your appointment shall be my first
care.
When my knight of big paunch and
big head
Shall conduct me back to my
throne;
md of me it meier shall be said:
She forgot the devotion you've
shown
You shall have a red cap with a nice
band of gold,
And a jacket with nice, giIded
stripes.
When your devotion's too big to be
told,
You shall kiss my big toe-for dear
g. are my lips.
You may now kiss my foot-twas
washed only last week,
Then my mandate to Josephus
carry.
lis he, and he only, with whom I
would speak;
So haste, nor, to play peg-top,
tarry.
he little man ran as fast as he could
But, when the service was over,
lie said to the boys: al do wish she
would
Go marry that pig-headed Grover.
She treats me as i'll were naught
but child,
When, you know, Pm such big
man.
y gum and l swan, to put it mild,
Longer stand it, I'm gormed if |
can.
Then, you see boys, somehow, q:
there's got into my head
An idea, and it rattles like peas in
cup.
be idea is this-with grief be it said
The Queen and we fellers is all in
the soup.
Grover said it, and meant it, and to
Lii was true;
But the Yanks are disguised, his big
head is busted
;, g., B. and w. are in the soup too.
We're all up the spout-Restoration
is dead.
Queens don't smell quite so sweet
as they did,
Except to the Johnnies, who-well,
don'cher know?
hey've got on their hands bloomin'
kid,
And the beastly mess and the blasted
ado,
Which the Bad Boys have made
about Guardy's pet,
Though who made him her guar
dian as he's not yet her dad
obody, here nor there, knows as
yeti
Has made the Bulldog whine and