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Collected from JOE WATSON Caringbah, NSW Recorded 1973 onwards Rafferty and CaffertyMy name is Barney Rafferty, that is my cognomen,Though some folks call me 'balmy', they're of the lower bent. I'm putting up for parliament, as the 'poor man's' candidate, And isn't Mickey Cafferty, the only man I hate. So don't forget to come to the polling booth on Election Day – and when you come up to that polling booth: Vote for Barney Rafferty; do not vote for Cafferty, For Rafferty's the man to vote for – understand! And if you vote for Cafferty, and leave out Barney Rafferty, You might as well pack up your traps and leave your native land. You all know my sentiments; I'm partial to Home Rule, Ad every child that's three weeks old, I'll send away to school. I'll do away with work and war, your minds I'll elevate, So mind you vote for Rafferty, the 'poor man's candidate. Yes my friends, when I ruminated I ponderated and prognosticated, to those who were implicated, but I will not be irritated, in nay degree, by Cafferty; and though irritated I penetrated and stated that he should be commiserated because it would not be tolerated by Rafferty. I suppose that some of you people here tonight don't know what I'm talking about. In fact, I'm not sure if I do myself! But what I want to convey to you, in the simplest manner possible, when you come up to the polling booth on election day, when you get there – vote for Barney Rafferty! Yes my friends, when I get into Parliament you'll see what I can do, And I know that on the strength of these promises – I know I'll suit for you. You've got to ask for what you want, and get it sure you will, And if you doubt my promises – wait 'till I bring in my bill. Yes my friends, you can talk about your 'jawbone' Neild and your Georgie Porgie Reid, and the boys who keep you there listening all night. But when I get into parliament I'll keep them there for a blue month! Now I'll address the assembly, when I get there, something in this style: Great men of station, an illustration of a mighty nation, without equivocation, reservation or observation, concerning any British plantation or decoration worthy of contemplation. The explanation is a poor relation to reputation in relation to their donation and it is my estimation and recantation of the execration or abomination and enough to make the entire nation to exclaim – oh botheration! Talk about your exuberance of verbosity! Could Cafferty talk like that? No! Not without borrowing my tongue! So, if you want plenty of money and no work, come up to the poll on Election Day, and when you get to the poll – Vote for Barney Rafferty, do not vote for Cafferty, For Rafferty's the, man to vote for – understand! And if you vote for Cafferty ad leave out Barney Rafferty, You might as well pack up your traps and leave your native land. |