Q's the QUARTER'S SALARY, for which true patriots long;

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R's for MRS. RATSEY, who taught _me_ this pretty song;

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S stands for the SPEECH, which Mummy learns to say;

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T doth stand for TAXES, which the people ought to pay;

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U's for the UNION WORK-HOUSE, which horrid paupers shun;

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V is for VICTORIA, "the Bess of forty-one;"

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W stands for WAR, the "noble game" which Monarchs play;

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X is for the TREBLE X--Lilly drank three times a day;