Catterall, Eric

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Catterall, Eric (Died 1977) An Australian poet, Catterall wrote The Verse and Worse of a Militant Rationalist. Ron Marke in the work’s introduction, wrote, “Eric contracted polio as a child. He had a violent father who said it’s useless sending a cripple to school, so he was denied any education. The doctors declared he would never walk, but Eric knew better. He battled on his feet, crippled as he was, and at eleven years of age left home for the bush and nature. He acquired a horse, taught it to lay down so that he could get on it as he had no strength in his legs or feet. . . . He was a self-taught and learned man; most of his knowledge came from books and experience, and he was fairly conversant in a lot of subjects.” The following, quoted by Freethought History (#23, 1997), is from Catterall’s “Priests Will Rule Forever”:

We banned The Pill, I’ll tell you why, We profit when the babies die. From Christening, from funeral lie . . . We cash in when the parents cry. . . .

We say “OUR FLOCK” of sheep or geese! Let’s make it “SHEEP,” for these we fleece. Our two legged sheep . . . may they increase! For then our graft will never cease.

It helps us that governments aid our schools. Let us implant the Pope’s own rules. If government aid for our church cools They’ll lose the votes of all the fools.

So “TAX THE CHURCH” is branded “red” And schools from rational thought have fled. “Give us the child,” as we have said, “And we will rule until it’s dead.”