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Victoria University College. "Up the Poll" Extravaganza 1957.

Apollo Advises Candy

Apollo Advises Candy

Apollo:
Keep your head up in the sky,
Always have an alibi,
Learn to tell a truthful lie,
You can't go very far wrong,
Make your speeches not too long,
Not too weak and not too strong,
Ready, steady, don't you see,
And, snap, you'll be an M.P.

It's easy to make an election speech,
If you'll only follow me,
It's easy to make an election speech
As it is to climb a tree.
It's easy to fill the simple bill
Of a man of mystery,
It's easy to make an election speech
If you try it after me.

Apollo Candy:
It's easy to be a real M.P.
When you know the things to say.
It's easy to run the Treasury,
If you'll only learn the way.
It's easy to spot a simple plot
Of a labourite or tory,
It's easy to be a real M.P.
If you string along with me.

Chorus:
It's easy to be the government
When you've got a Civil Service.
It's easy to sit in parliament
And you never need be nervous.
If you navigate the ship of state
Then we'll co-operate,
If only you'll form a cabinet,
From Sidney you'll preserve us.
From Sid, Sid, Sid . . .
From Sidney please preserve us.