The fleshpots of Egypt were once in high fame;
Australian fleshpots have more than the same,
Old England’s roast beef is now rivalled in name.
O, the Boiled Beef, &c.
The privileged victims who Income-tax pay,
Whose earnings precarious are taken away,
While ceasing to deal with a Butcher, can say
O, the Boiled Beef, &c.
’Tis true that your servants, fastidious and fine,
Australian meat in their folly decline.