Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 2, 1890Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 2, 1890
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
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[Illustration: "THE CHURCH-GOING BELL."
SUNDAY MORNING, COAST OF NORWAY.
(_By Our Yotting Artist._)]
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JOHNNY, MAKE ROOM FOR DELONCLE!
(_NEW NORTH AFRICAN VERSION OF AN OLD SONG._)
"M. DELONCLE, in his conversation with a Belgian reporter,
puts in a claim for practically the whole of the northern
half of Africa, with the possible exception of Egypt."--_The
Times_.
AIR--"_Tommy, make room for your Uncle_."
_Deputy_ DELONCLE (_addressing_ JOHNNY BULL) _sings_:--
Nothing but deserts now left for France!
Hang it! That _will_ not do!
Therefore DELONCLE her claims must advance,
Mighty they are, nor few.
Right from Oubanghi unto Lake Tchad,
Through Wadai and Ba-gir-mi!
JOHNNY, my lad, I shall be glad
If you'll make room for ME!
_Chorus_.
JOHNNY, make room for DELONCLE,
There's a little dear!
JOHNNY, make room for DELONCLE,
He wants to stay here.
He needs the whole of North Africa!
(The rest he may leave to you),
Do not annoy, there's a good boy!
Make room for DELONCLE, do!
To So-ko-to and the Gan-do,
Your claims you must resign.
If France goes far from Zanzibar,
_I_'ll draw a new boundary line.
To the east of the Niger by latitude ten!
That is our mi-ni-_mum_!
Ours the Sahara! Yes, _che sarà sarà!_
Therefore don't _you_ look glum!
_Chorus_.
JOHNNY, make room for DELONCLE!
The Niger is ours, that's clear.
JOHNNY, make room for DELONCLE!
He doesn't want _you_ here.
France must take up her traditional _rôle_
(Of grabbing all she _can_ do)
So, JOHNNY, my boy, don't you annoy;
Make room for DELONCLE, _do_!
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ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
EXTRACTED FROM
THE DIARY OF TOBY, M.P.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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