The Oakeshott upshot.(Poetry)(Poem)

 
   THE OAKESHOTT UPSHOT 
 
   An Austrian chap in the Balkans, a prudent 
   And sensible Archduke, got shot by a 
   This Serbian student called Gavrilo Princip. 
   Shot him and his wife 
   And it led to more strife, 
 
      All caused by this Gavrilo Princip. 
   So the century starts with this Austrian bloke shot. 
   And what was the upshot? The upshot was Oakeshott. 
 
   John Stuart Mill, he's a liberal feller 
   With liberal hat and liberal umbrella, 
   He votes for the vote for all rational people, 
   More long-headed chaps 
   (From Oxbridge perhaps), 
 
      They get two votes. These rational people 
   March off to World War--there are millions of folk shot 
   And what was the upshot? The upshot was Oakeshott. 
 
   George Bernard Shaw wears a Socialist beard, he 
   Designs his own clothes and they look pretty weird, he 
   's as bright as a button and doesn't like losing, 
   And cares for his health 
   With ...