Politics for Plain People: What Bill Says

Said Bill: "On the whole, I am sick of the dole,
   And I'd like to get back to my trade.
To the skilful employ that I learned as a boy,
   Where the good, decent wages are made.
But if Scullin can borrow, in some dim tomorrow,
   Vague millions the banks haven't got,
There's a chance I may lob in a navvying job:
   Which doesn't attract me a lot.

"But if Lyons wins thro', as he's hoping to do,
   And sane industry takes a new turn,
Then I'll stand a good show at the trade that I know -
   Skilled work that my nippers may learn.
For I'm sick of wild dreaming and nebulous scheming,
   That might promise Eden years hence;
And my nippers won't wait while the dreamers debate;
   So I'm voting for plain common sense!"