"The Lone Wolf of Canberra"

A man without a party, he
   Knows nought of obligation
To any friend; but, fancy free.
   He represents the nation.
In lonely majesty he sits
To give the Opposition fits,
Or rend the Government to bits
   With fierce vituperation.

Of all he is most wise, most free,
   Most pure, and - inter alia -
Shorn of responsibility,
   He speaks for all Australia.
Tho' parties rise or parties fall,
What cares he? He's "Agin 'em all."
Sole patriot, clad, at Freedom's call,
   In Liberty's regalia.

All, saving him, are out of tune
   When the lone wolf is howling.
He lifts his head and bays the moon
   With fierce, but futile growling.
And, tho' the Opposition squirms
And Ministers would sue for terms,
He knows them all for loathy worms,
   Despite the Speaker's scowling.

At Canberra he's as free as air -
   So say the press recorders.
He knows no man as master there
   Within its sylvan borders.
And so, tho' members fret and frown,
He scarcely ever need sit down -
Except to write to Sydney town
   To Mister Lang, for orders.