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THE HUMOUR O'T!

(_Namely of Parliament, as seen through Harry Furniss's fancy._)

AIR--"_The Wooing o't._"

LIKA JOKO makes us laugh,
Ha! ha! the humour o't!
With caricature and caustic chaff;
He! he! the humour o't!
Parliament strikes some as slow,
LIKA JOKO deems not so;
Visit _his_ St. Stephen's Show!
Humph! humph! the humour o't!

GLADSTONE stern and GLADSTONE staid,
Ha! ha! the humour o't!
GLADSTONE in war-paint arrayed,
He! he! the humour o't!
GLADSTONE "Out" and GLADSTONE "In,"
GLADSTONE with colossal chin,
Giant collars plunged within,
Humph! humph! the humour o't!

SMITH with bland perennial smile,
Ha! ha! the humour o't!
BALFOUR, pet of the Green Isle,
He! he! the humour o't!