The Labor Boys (1899)
(Air, the Minstrel Boy.)
The following are selections from the topical songs sang at Mr Hoolan'ssuccessful entertainment in the Centennial Hall, on Thursday night:-- The Labor Boys to the rows have gone,
Where the talk is thick you will find them ;
Their Hansards they have girded on,
And the platform is slung behind them. "Land of gold," said the Labor Boy
To the white man nature gave thee ;
Through storm and shine and in grief and joy,
I am the only man can save thee ; Then we wish success to the Labor Boys
In the rush for the honor and glory,
The creak of the "planks" create a noise,
And the tongues tell the same old story ; They'll all come back to the seats again,
And fetch back the same old notions,
And as Daniells says they'll "inject" with pain,
And be moved by the same old motions. Notes
From the Queensland Newspaper the Northern Miner Feb 1899 Page 2.
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