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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344144" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Premier and the Socialist</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Premier and the Socialist <br>Were walking through the State: <br>They wept to see the Savings Bank <br>Such funds accumulate. <br>"If these were only cleared away," <br>They said, "it would be great." <br>"If three financial amateurs <br>Controlled them for a year, <br>Do you suppose," the Premier said, <br>"That they would get them clear?" <br>"I think so," said the Socialist; <br>"They would -- or very near!" </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"If we should try to raise some cash <br>On assets of our own, <br>Do you suppose," the Premier said, <br>"That we could float a loan?" <br>"I doubt it," said the Socialist, <br>And groaned a doleful groan. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Oh, Savings, come and walk with us!" <br>The Premier did entreat; <br>"A little walk, a little talk, <br>Away from Barrack Street; <br>My Socialistic friend will guide <br>Your inexperienced feet." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"We do not think," the Savings said, <br>"A socialistic crank, <br>Although he chance just now to hold <br>A legislative rank, <br>Can teach experienced Banking men <br>The way to run a Bank." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Premier and the Socialist <br>They passed an Act or so <br>To take the little Savings out <br>And let them have a blow. <br>"We'll teach the Banks," the Premier said, <br>"The way to run the show. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"There's Tom Waddell -- in Bank finance <br>Can show them what is what. <br>I used to prove not long ago <br>His Estimates were rot. <br>But that -- like many other things -- <br>I've recently forgot. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Advances on a dried-out farm <br>Are what we chiefly need, <br>And loaned to friends of Ms.L.A. <br>Are very good, indeed, <br>See how the back-block Cockatoos <br>Are rolling up to feed." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"But not on us," the Savings cried, <br>Falling a little flat, <br>"We didn't think a man like you <br>Would do a thing like that; <br>For most of us are very small, <br>And none of us are fat." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"This haughty tone," the Premier said, <br>"Is not the proper line; <br>Before I'd be dictated to <br>My billet I'd resign!" <br>"How brightly," said the Socialist, <br>"Those little sovereigns shine." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Premier and the Socialist <br>They had their bit of fun; <br>They tried to call the Savings back <br>But answer came there none, <br>Because the back-block Cockatoos <br>Had eaten every one.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Andrew+Barton+Paterson">Andrew Barton Paterson</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344144" data-title="The Premier and the Socialist de Andrew Barton Paterson" data-description="The Premier and the Socialist Were walking through the State: They wept to see the Savings Bank Such funds accumulate. "If these were only cleared away," They said, "it would be great." "If three financial amateurs ..."></div> </div> </div>
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