For the Company Underground
by Francis MacNamara (1837)

When Christ from Heaven comes down straightway,

All His Father's laws to expound,

MacNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When the man in the moon  to Moreton Bay,

Is sent in shackles bound

MacNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When the Cape of Good Hope to Twofold Bay

Comes for the change of a pound. 

MacNamara shall work that day 

For the Company underground.

When cows in lieu of milk yield tea,

And all lost treasures are found,

MacNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When the Australian Co's heaviest dray

Is drawn 80 miles by a hound,

MacNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When a frog, a caterpillar and a flea

Shall travel the globe all round, 

McNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When turkeycocks on Jews harps play

And mountains dance at the sound,

MacNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When Christmas falls on the 1st of May

And O'Connell's King of England crown'd,

MacNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When thieves ever robbing on the highway

For their sanctity are renowned,

MacNamara shall work that day

For the Company underground.

When the quick and the dead shall stand in array

Cited at the trumpet's sound,

Even then, damn me if I'd work a day

For the Company underground.

Nor overground.