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Pat M'Durmer brought the tidings to the town of God Forgotten	A
There are lively days before ye commin Parlymint s dissolved	B
And the boys were all excited for the State of course was rotten	A
And in subsequent elections God Forgotten was involved	B
There was little there to live for save in drinking beer and eating	C
But we rose on this occasion ere the news appeared in print	D
For the boys of God Forgotten at a wild uproarious meeting	C
Nominated Billy Blazes for the commin Parlymint	D
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Other towns had other favourites but the day before the battle	E
Bushmen flocked to God Forgotten and the distant sheds were still	F
Sheep were left to go to glory and neglected mobs of cattle	E
Went a straying down the river at their sweet bucolic will	F
William Spouter stood for Freetrade and his votes were split by Nottin	A
He had influence behind him and he also had the tin	A
But across the lonely flatlands came the cry of God Forgotten	A
Vote for Blazes and Protection and the land you re living in	A
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Pat M Durmer said Ye schaymers please to shut yer ugly faces	G
Lend yer dirty ears a momint while I give ye all a hint	D
Keep ye sober till to morrow and record yer vote for Blazes	H
If ye want to send a ringer to the commin Parlymint	D
As a young and growin township God Forgotten s been neglected	D
And if we d be ripresinted now s the moment to begin	A
Have the local towns encouraged local industries purtected	D
Vote for Blazes and Protection and the land ye re livin in	A
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I don t say that William Blazes is a perfect out an outer	I
I don t say he have the larnin for he never had the luck	J
I don t say he have the logic or the gift of gab like Spouter	I
I don t say he have the practice BUT I SAY HE HAVE THE PLUCK	J
Now the country s gone to ruin and the Governments are rotten	A
But he ll save the public credit and purtect the public tin	A
To the iverlastin glory of the name of God Forgotten	A
Vote for Blazes and Protection and the land ye re livin in	A
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Pat M D went on the war path and he worked like salts and senna	A
For he organised committees full of energy and push	K
And those wild committees riding through the whisky fed Gehenna	A
Routed out astonished voters from their humpies in the bush	K
Everything on wheels was rinted and half sobered drunks were shot in	A
Said M Durmer to the driver If ye want to save yer skin	A
Never stop to wet yer whistles drive like hell to God Forgotten	A
Make the villains plump for Blazes and the land they re livin in	A
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Half the local long departed for the purpose resurrected	D
Plumped for Blazes and Protection and the country where they died	D
So he topped the poll by sixty and when Blazes was elected	D
There was victory and triumph on the God Forgotten side	D
Then the boys got up a banquet and our chairman Pat M Durmer	I
Was next day discovered sleeping in the local baker s bin	A
All the dough had risen round him but we heard a smothered murmur	I
Vote for Blazes and Protection and the land ye re livin in	A
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Now the great Sir William Blazes lives in London cross the waters	L
And they say his city mansion is the swellest in West End	D
But I very often wonder if his torey sons and daughters	L
Ever heard of Billy Blazes who was once the people s friend	D
Does his biassed memory linger round that wild electioneering	C
When the men of God Forgotten stuck to him through thick and thin	A
Does he ever in his dreaming hear the cry above the cheering	C
Vote for Blazes and Protection and the land you re livin in	A
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Ah the bush was grand in those days and the Western boys were daisies	M
And their scheming and their dodging would outdo the wildest print	D
Still my recollection lingers round the time when Billy Blazes	H
Was returned by God Forgotten to the Commin Parlymint	D
Still I keep a sign of canvas twas a mate of mine that made it	D
And its paint is cracked and powdered and its threads are bare and thin	A
Yet upon its grimy surface you can read in letters faded	D
Vote for Blazes and Protection and the land you re livin in	A

Henry Lawson

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