Sez we, "Yus, JOE's the codger!"

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_Chorus._

Sich a smart man too! Sich a _very_ smart man!
No Tory pride, no toffish affectation!
Yet 'e somehow makes yer feel
That in 'im yer 'ave to deal
With a gent, if not by buth, by edgercation!

'E made 'is pile in a snide way,--
"Down on ther nail," 'is motter--
Went to the front, and came to _stay_;
Whigs might pertest and potter.
'Is game wos doin' the poor good,
And doin' of it 'andsome.
JACK CADE they called 'im,--which wos rude--
'Acos 'e talked o' ransom!

_Chorus._

Sich a smart man too! Sich a _very_ smart man!
No "Lily" pride, no blue--blood affectation!
Yet he somehow made yer feel
That in 'im yer 'ad to deal
With a gent by nature _and_ by edgercation!

You ought to seen 'im on the stump,