I’m shortly about to retire,
Then to Flo, of course, I’ll be wed,
I shall do the thing fine, buy shares in a mine,
Or else float a company instead.
I’ll, of course, have a carriage and pair,
And later I shall not despair,
In the council I’ll get, and if you wait a bit,
No doubt you will see me made mayor.
The feeling of indignation which the retrocession of the Transvaal, after the defeat at Majuba, gave rise amongst the British colonists found expression in the following notice, posted up outside a hotel in Ladysmith:—