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Cappicade Fiftyfive. "The Happy Squanderer" [1955]

A Song for Secretaries

A Song for Secretaries

Typists sing
We're cabinet's private secretariat,
We're the only ones to whom they can dictate,
But some honourable members we won't name
Have intentions that aren't quite the same;
Beware of the sofa bureaucrat.

We're Cabinet's private secretariat,
We're the only ones to whom they can dictate,
But in the long run we are out of luck,
Only pass they make is to pass the buck
Or starts talking through his Homburg hat.

Yes sir, we are the wenches
Whom the front Treasury benches
Occasionally like to pinch and pat,
But stenographers recognise the type,
Give him onions when he hands out tripe,
But the next general election will provide a new selection in Parliament....