And, Cochrane said, t’would make more pig
As could be clearly shown.
And then he quoted figures, which were an awful bore,
And of the members some did yawn, some shuffled on the floor.
Bell shook his head, and then he said
The figures were all wrong.
The blast put in was much too weak
The facts were all too strong!
And in his pleasant, genial way
He “hoped the Chair would let him say