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Victoria University College Students' Association present their Annual Extravaganza. "Vot-Thu-Halla". 1948.

"Councillors' Song"

"Councillors' Song"

We are the Councillors of old Slumdon,
We'll be in office here till Kingdom Come,
But very, very rarely do we get things done
For the people of our town.

We leave your rubbish till it starts to rot,
Especially when the weather's very hot,
And often we don't bother to collect the lot
From the houses in our town.

We think we'll raise the tram fares,
To increase our reserves;
We might even fix the tram tracks,
Toot toot to Basin Reserve.

We had great plans about a year ago
For clearing the slums away from Te Aro,
But that costs money, so we're going slow
With rebuilding our Newtown.

We thought we'd be different with a Lord Mayor,
We thought it would give us a distinguished air;
But the burghers in other towns aren't playing fair,
'Cos they want one, too.

We dip a finger in every pie—
To see profits lying round would make us cry.
We'd raise our hands in sorrow to the sky,
And gather in the rates.

If the citizens had an inkling
Of what we are getting at,
They'd throw up their eyes in horror,
And then we'd never get back.

We are the Councillors of old Slumdon,
We'll be in office here till Kingdom Come;
But very, very rarely do we get things done
For the people of our town.