Essayist, poet and commercial traveller, R. A. C. V. Milne wrote a number of verses for children. His best known works are still read today.
THE DOG'S BREAKFAST
Bob asked Neil,
And Neil asked Susan,
Do you think that we could rustle up support for the I.D.?
Neil spoke to Susan,
Susan said 'Certainly,
I'll go about the countryside and see what I can see.'
So Susan she took her leave,
And went down to Tasmania,
And told them they were ignorant
And stupid as could be,
And they didn't understand,
And the government would have its way,
The card was coming in and everybody should agree.
But the people said they didn't,
And they couldn't and they wouldn't,
And they shouldn't, it was rotten,
But that even if they did,
Who was going to have access
To the facts about the taxes?
How could anybody guarantee complete security?
So Susan went to Neil,
She told him of the news,
She told him how the people felt
And how she'd been accused
Of invading of the privacy
Attempting to dehumanize
And tamper with the sanctity of individual rights.
Susan told Neil,
And Neil went to Bob,
Bob said 'Bother',
Or words to that effect,
He fulminated briefly,
Said that what he wanted chiefly
Was to do the thing for which
He'd asked the people to elect him.
But John put the card to sleep,
Establishing his fame,
And great was the rejoicing
Of the folk who thought the same,
But we're left with the position
That in keeping with tradition
It's the rich to which the pleasure
And the poor to whom the blame.
OBVIOUSNESS
Rob Rob Bobbity Bobbity James Lee Hawke M.P.
Took great care of his image because he was quick to see
That if you are photographed standing with blokes
Whose boats do well on the sea,
Millions of voters will fail to notice
The blokes will be charging a fee.