Victoria University College. Extravaganza. "The Seven Year Switch." June 4 - 9, 1956.
Respectable Country
Respectable Country
Chorus—
Roll out the barrel
Lets have a barrel of rum,
Sing a rousing carol—
There's really no need to feel glum,
Whatever your apparel
From whatever country you come
Roll out the barrel
Lets have a barrel of rum.
Sheriff—
None of this behaviour from now on. We are going to New Zealand—a respectable country.
Crook—
Lets milk the moas
Lets drink the cup of stale beer
Dig the toheroas,
Slaughter the kaka and kea,
Do not let them show us
The lead in a drinkin's affray—
Lets milk the moas
And banish our trouble today.