When Christ from Heaven comes down straightway,
All His Father’s laws to expound,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When the man in the moon to Moreton Bay
Is sent in shackles bound,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When the Cape of Good Hope to Twofold Bay
Comes for the change of a pound,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When cows in lieu of milk yield tea,
And all lost treasures are found,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When the Australian Co.’s heaviest dray
Is drawn eighty miles by a hound,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When a frog, a caterpillar and a flea
Shall travel the globe all round,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When turkey cocks on Jew’s harps play
And mountains dance at the Sound,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When milestones go to church to pray
And whales are put in the Pound,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When Christmas falls on the lst of May
And O’Connell’s King of England crown’d.
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When thieves ever robbing on the highway
For their sanctity are renowned,
McNamara shall work that day
For the Company underground.
When the quick and the dead shall stand in array
Cited at the trumpet’s sound,
Even then, damn me if I’d work a day
For the Company underground.
Nor over ground.
(Francis McNamara)
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