Run-Through Chorus (I).

Music by Mr. Maughan Barnett.

"I know the value of a kindly chorus."—Gilbert.

Hear this half-demented shouting—like a Christian Union outing!
Joey Hanan, Phoebe Myers, Doctor Gibb;
Harry Holland, Jimmy Allen, pouring words out by the gallon,
And the little Frankie Combs that writes so glib;
Tommy Hunter, Nellie Coad, together take the road—
Send the good news out on every wind that blows—
Lo! they one and all maintain, as the light bursts on their brain,
Education is the cure for all our woes!

So they have no doubt they can point the way.
That the world must follow if it win "The Day."

Each one has a theory, for example, Bishop Cleary
Is enamoured of Pontifical sway;
Joey Hanan's all for tradesmen—up-to-date, enlightened spadesmen;
The plutocrat enquires if it will pay?
Britain's power is on the wane—get the Good Book down again,
Says Jimmy Gibb, but Holland puts his trust
In the peaceful ballot-box or in Tommy Hunter's stocks:
Tommy says we'll educate them, if we bust.

And they've all no doubt they can point the way
That the world must follow if it win "The Day."