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WILLIS: When all night long a chap remains
On sentrygo, to chase monotony
He exercises of his brains,
That is, assuming that he's got any.
Though never nurtured in the lap
Of luxury, yet I admonish you,
I am an intellectual chap,
And think of things that would astonish you.
I often think it's comical, Fal, lal, la! Fal, lal, la!
How Nature always does contrive, Fal, lal, lal, la!
That ev'ry boy and ev'ry gal
That's born into the world alive
Is either a little Liberal,
Or else a little Conservative!
Fal, lal, la! Fal, lal, la!
Is either a little Liberal,
Or else a little Conservative!
Fal, lal, la!
When

in that House M. P.'s divide,
If they've a brain and cerebellum, too,
They've got to leave that brain outside,
And vote just as their leaders tell 'em to.
But then the prospect of a lot
Of dull M. P.'s in close proximity,
All thinking for themselves, is what
No man can face with equanimity.
Then let's rejoice with loud Fal, lal, Fal lal, la! Fal lal, la!
That Nature always does contrive, Fal lal, la, la!
That ev'ry boy and ev'ry gal
That's born into the world alive
Is either a little Liberal,
Or else a little Conservative!
Fal, lal, la! Fal, lal, la!
Is either a little Liberal,
Or else a little Conservative!
Fal, lal, la!

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