While The Billy BoilsSearchThis is the story of G.R.D.,Who went on a mission across the seaTo borrow some money for you and me.
This G. R. Dibbs was a stalwart manWho was built on a most extensive plan,And a regular staunch Republican.
But he fell in the hands of the Tory crewWho said, “It’s a shame that a man like youShould teach Australia this nasty view.
“From her mother’s side she should ne’er be gone,And she ought to be glad to be smiled upon,And proud to be known as our hanger-on.”
And G. R. Dibbs, he went off his pegAt the swells who came for his smiles to begAnd the Prince of Wales—who was pulling his leg
And he told them all when the wine had flown,“The Australian has got no land of his own,His home is England, and there alone.”
So he strutted along with the titled bandAnd he sold the pride of his native landFor a bow and a smile and a shake of the hand.
And the Tory drummers they sit and call:“Send over your leaders great and small;For the price is low, and we’ll buy them all
“With a tinsel title, a tawdry starOf a lower grade than our titles are,And a puff at a Prince’s big cigar.”
And the Tories laugh till they crack their ribsWhen they think how they purchased G. R. Dibbs.