Part 7 (2/2)

[To be sung by MR. JOHNSON in the character of LOONEY M'TWOLTER.]

I.

Mr. Jack, your address, says the Prompter to me, So I gave him my card--No, that a'nt it, says he; 'Tis your public address. Oh! says I, never fear, If address you are bother'd for, only look here.

[Puts on hat affectedly.

Tol de rol lol, &c.

II.

With Drurys for sartin we'll never have done, We've built up another, and yet there's but one; The old one was best, yet I'd say, if I durst, The new one is better--the last is the first.

Tol de rol, &c.

III.

These pillars are call'd by a Frenchified word, A something that's jumbled of antique and verd; The boxes may show us some verdant antiques, Some old harridans who beplaster their cheeks.

Tol de rol, &c.

IV.

Only look how high Tragedy, Comedy, stick, Lest their rivals, the horses, should give them a kick!

If you will not descend when our authors beseech ye, You'll stop there for life, for I'm sure they can't reach ye.

Tol de rol, &c.

V.

Each one s.h.i.+lling G.o.d within reach of a nod is, And plain are the charms of each gallery G.o.ddess - You, Brandy-fac'd Moll, don't be looking askew, When I talk'd of a G.o.ddess I didn't mean you.

Tol de rol, &c.

VI.

Our stage is so prettily fas.h.i.+on'd for viewing, The whole house can see what the whole house is doing: 'Tis just like the Hustings, we kick up a bother; But saying is one thing, and doing's another.

Tol de rol, &c.

VII.

We've many new houses, and some of them rum ones, But the newest of all is the new House of Commons; 'Tis a rickety sort of a bantling, I'm told, It will die of old age when it's seven years old.

Tol de rol, &c.

VIII.

As I don't know on whom the election will fall, I move in return for returning them all; But for fear Mr. Speaker my meaning should miss, The house that I wish 'em to sit in is this.

Tol de rol, &c

IX.

Let us cheer our great Commoner, but for whose aid We all should have gone with short commons to bed; And since he has saved all the fat from the fire, I move that the house be call'd Whitbread's Entire. {64} Tol de rol, &c.

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