Said the Union Obadiah, “Wait a bit!”
Said the Tory Obadiah to the Union Obadiah,
“But surely, Obadiah, I am right?”
Said the Union Obadiah to the Tory Obadiah,
“No, not quite, Obadiah; no, not quite!
It is true that when you ‘ratted’—by the way, I hate that word—
A by-no-means ill-paid office on you promptly was conferred
But that I have taken office, as a fact, I have not heard.”
Said the Tory Obadiah, “But you might!”
Said the Union Obadiah to the Tory Obadiah,