Huddersfield Chronicle (15/Dec/1893) - That Son-in-Law
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That Son-in-Law
- The son-in-law has been and gone,
- He looked, then ran away,
- Such valour certainly should live
- To fight another day;
- He viewed the place, saw Liberal fear,
- Here, there, nay all around,
- So he, before a blow was struck,
- Returned to classic ground.
- Ah! What a fearful plight they’re in,
- These Rads, who loved a lord,
- They’ve nought left but Smart Socialist,
- Whose biting, scorching word
- Knocks tem awry, does pulverise
- Them as false promise-makers,
- He is their scathing Nemesis
- And gives them funky shakers.
- How are the mighty fallen here,
- In this dear Huddersfield,
- Ah! Shades of Leatham, Summers too,
- Who knew not how to yield;
- Can it be true that this fair town
- Has in the balance weighed
- Her Liberals, and will no more
- Be on their side arrayed?
CID.