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The next it was a leg of Lamb,
He thought to make things right,
Says the Queen, my lord, it’s very fine,
But you don’t lodge here to-night.
The next man was from Bedford,
A little chap that’s never still,
You don’t lodge here to-night says she,
’Till you have burnt the Poor Law Bill.
There Springed a little man from Cambridge,
Rice was his name you know,
So she made him dance and reel about,
And jump Jim Crow.
The next was Mr. Broomstick,
With him she play’d a rig,
She wopped him with the Poor Law Bill,
And choked him with his wig.
Then up came Dan O’Connel,
Saying I’ll befriend the people,
With a great Shillalah in his hand,
As big as Salsbury steeple.
Old women three hundred and ninety five,
To petition her did begin,
Crying,--Please your gracious Majesty,
Take the duty off the gin.
Says the Queen to do old women good,
I’ll strive with great delight,
Its all right Mrs Ferguson,
But, you don’t lodge here to-night.
Then toddled up old Joey Hume,
Saying sufferings I have had many,
The villains knock’d me all the way,
From Brentford to Kilkenny.
Says the Queen, I am going to Brighton,
So quiet let me be,
For if you come to trouble me,
I’ll drown you in the sea.
And when I open Parliament,
Then you’ll find I’ll do enough,
I’ll take the duty off the tea,
Tobacco, gin, and snuff.
I will make some alterations,
I’ll gain the people’s right,
I will have a radical parliament,
Or, they don’t lodge here to-night.
I must tell both wigs and tories,
Their tricks I do not fear,
Their sayings all are very fine,
But they don’t lodge here.
About the wigs and tories,
There has been a pretty bother,
I think I’ll give the devil one,
To run away with the other
Birt, Printer, 39, Great St. Anderw Street, Seven Dials. Printing of
every description done cheap.
ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY.
Birth of a Prince of Wales.
[Illustration]
THE ROYAL BIRTH.
“The Queen was safely delivered of a Prince this morning at 48
minutes past 10 o’clock.
“Her Majesty and the Infant Prince are perfectly well.
“JAMES CLARK, M.D.,
“CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.,
“ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.,
“RICHARD BLAGDEN.
“Buckingham Palace, Tuesday, November 9, 1841,
“Half-past 11 o’clock, a.m.”
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