Oh, what a surprise!

Harcourt was dumbfoundered, Churchill was dished;

Loud cheered the To-ries!

Didn’t the Chaplinites hallo and shout?

Harcourt and others, of course, expressed doubt,

But the Tories may leave me to fight it out;

In that they’ll be wise.

Cut down the Annual Charge on the Debt;

Penny off Income Tax—good bait, you bet,

Lib’rals or Tories, they’re all glad to get