Little Randolph won’t long be left out in the cold. Between you and me and the Post! If they’ll let him inside the Conservative fold, He has promised no longer he’ll swagger and scold, But to be a good boy, and to do as he’s told, Between you and me and the Post! (_Chorus._) (_The mere mention of_ Lord Randolph’s _name is sufficient to ensure the success of any song._) Joey Chamberlain’s orchid’s a bit overblown, Between you and me and the Post! (_This is rather subtle, perhaps, but an M.-H. audience will see a joke in it somewhere, and laugh._) ’Ow to square a round table I’m sure he has shown. (_Same observation applies here._) But of late he’s been leaving his old friends alone, And I fancy he’s grinding an axe of his own, Between you and me and the Post! (_Chorus._) (_We now pass on to Topics of the Day, which we treat in a light but trenchant fashion._) On the noo County Councils they’ve too many nobs, Between you and me and the Post! For the swells stick together, and sneer at the mobs; And it’s always the rich man the poor one who robs. We shall ’ave the old business--all jabber and jobs! Between you and me and the Post! (_Chorus._) (N.B.--_This verse should not be read to the L. C. C. who might miss the fun of it._) There’s a new rule for ladies presented at Court, Between you and me and the Post! High necks are allowed, so no colds will be cort, But I went to the droring-room lately, and thort Some old wimmen had dressed quite as low as they _ort_! Between you and me and the Post! (_Chorus._) By fussy alarmists we’re too much annoyed, Between you and me and the Post! If we don’t want our neighbours to think we’re afroid, [_M.-H. rhyme._ Spending dibs on defence we had better avoid. And give ’em instead to the poor unemployed. [_M.-H. political economy._ Between you and me and the Post! (_Chorus._) This style of perlitical singing ain’t hard, Between you and me and the Post! As a “Mammoth Comique” on the bills I am starred, And, so long as I’m called, and angcored, and hurrar’d, I can rattle off rubbish like this by the yard, Between you and me and the Post! [_Chorus, and dance off to sing the same song_--_with or without alterations_--_in another place._ [Illustration: A DEMOCRATIC DITTY.] III.--A DEMOCRATIC DITTY.