Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 by Various
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page 36 of 66 (54%)
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Then, shout, &c.
Off your broad--think of this!--we will take--(if we can)-- A whole farthing a loaf; then, when wages decline, By one-half--as they must--and you're starving, each man In our New Poor Law Bastiles may go lodge, and go dine. That's the plan of your Whigs--your kind-hearted, true Whigs! Then, shout, &c. Off the fine Memel timber, we'd take--if we could-- All tax, 'cause 'tis used in the palace and hall; On the cottager's, tradesman's coarse Canada wood, We will clap such a tax as shall pay us for all. That's the "dodge" for your Whigs--your poor-loving, true Whigs! Then, shout, &c. To free our dear brothers, the niggers, you know Twenty millions and more we have fix'd on your backs. 'Twas gammon--'twas humbug--'twas swindle! for, lo! We _undo_ all we've done--we go trade in the blacks. Your _humanity_ Whigs!--_anti-slavery_ Whigs! Then, shout, &c. When to Office we came, full _two millions_ in store We found safe and snug. Now, that surplus instead, Besides having spent _it_, and _six_ millions more, Lo! we're short, _on the year, only two millions dead_. That's the "_go_" for your Whigs--your _retrenching_ old Whigs Then, shout, &c. |
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