And he’s only saucy, “jaunty Pam”—
His boasted power’s an empty sham—
And his colleagues groan when he says, “I am
The Chief of the Liberal Party.”
Joking—poking feeble fun—
That is the way his work is done
By the Premier Palmerston—
The Chief of the Liberal Party.”
Pam’s oft the victim of his men—
For Gladstone’s tongue, or Russell’s pen