Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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BONY THE BANTAM.
No doubt you all think me a queer little prig,
But your thoughts and yourselves I defy;
Tho' my body is little, my soul's very big,
And a terrible fellow am I!
I brag and I swear, and I strut and I stride,
My name all your feelings will shock;
When you hear it, your faces with terror you'll hide,
For I'm Bony the Bantam Cock.
But your thoughts and yourselves I defy;
Tho' my body is little, my soul's very big,
And a terrible fellow am I!
I brag and I swear, and I strut and I stride,
My name all your feelings will shock;
When you hear it, your faces with terror you'll hide,
For I'm Bony the Bantam Cock.
The English newspapers my fame would bereave,
But I fancy it's pretty well known;
Tho' they say for my actions I take French leave,
I take nobody's leave but my own.
But these English newspapers, I'll soon let 'em know,
That, in spite of their efforts to mock,
I'm determin'd upon my own dunghill to crow,
Like a true little Bantam Cock.
But I fancy it's pretty well known;
Tho' they say for my actions I take French leave,
I take nobody's leave but my own.
But these English newspapers, I'll soon let 'em know,
That, in spite of their efforts to mock,
I'm determin'd upon my own dunghill to crow,
Like a true little Bantam Cock.
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