When bloody Bellingham destroy'd a man he ne'er had known, On the lamented felon's grave their sanguine alms were strown; And a begging they did go, did go, did go, and a begging they did go. To take man's life, by law or war, Whigs count a horrid thing, But this was an assassin of a servant of the King; So a begging they did go, did go, did go, so a begging they did go. When vulgar Hone to market brought his pointless parody, And season'd his sedition with a spice of blasphemy, Then a begging he did go, did go, did go, then a begging he did go. His graceless Grace of Bedford the bold example sets, And pays his mite to comfort him--I wish he'd pay his debts; For a begging they do go, do go, do go, for a begging they do go. And by his sire's example led, my Lord of Tavistock, Subscribes ten pounds, to prove himself--a chip of the old block: And a begging they did go, did go, did go, and a begging they did go. And Sefton on his death-bed, as it was thought to be, Encouraged the blasphemer, just to vex the Ministry; When a begging he did go, did go, did go, when a begging he did go. When Cobbett stole the bones of Paine, it was with the intent To raise a penny rate, to buy a seat in Parliament; And a begging he did go, did go, did go, and a begging he did go. But the pure Whigs of Coventry had quite another sense, And much preferred receiving pounds to giving him their pence; For a begging they do go, do go, do go, for a begging they do go. When guilty of a libel, the bold Burdett was found, And sentenced by a Tory Judge to pay two thousand pound, A begging he did go, did go, did go, a begging he did go. He afterwards refused the aid; but not till the account Had shewn him that they ne'er could raise a quarter the amount, Though a begging they did go, did go, did go, though a begging they did go. From begging for the poor they took to begging for the Great, And begg'd that they might buy the Queen annuities and plate; And a begging they did go, did go, did go, and a begging they did go. We have not heard if their success in this was bad or good, But hope it was the latter, for the sake of Matthew Wood; For a begging he did go, did go, did go, for a begging he did go. A begging he did go indeed, this patriot and sage, But 'twas for his own profit when the Queen went off the stage; And a begging he did go, did go, did go, and a begging he did go.