Why, oh why was Kater lifted br From the darkness, where he drifted br All unknown, and raised to honour, br Side by side with Dick O'connor, br In the Council, free from row? br Who is Kater, anyhow? br Did he lend our armies rally, br Like the recent Billy Dalley? br Did he lend a Premier money, br Like -- (No libels here, my sonny. -- Ed. B.) br Was he, like John Davies, found br Very useful underground? br br Not at all! his claim to glory br Rests on quite another story. br All obscure he might have tarried, br But he managed to get married -- br And (to cut the matter shorter) br Married William Forster's daughter.