Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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JUSTICE QUORUM. |
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JUSTICE QUORUM.
My name's Justice Quorum, I'm lord of this village,
And, ifachins! I makes pretty toil of my tillage;
I know little of law, so my wife, that the best is,
Does the law part, while I manufacture the justice;
All should live by their trade, or it isn't fair dealing,
And it's just out of mine that I should get a feeling;
I don't always hear both sides, which strange may appear
To those who don't know that I'm deaf of one ear.
And, ifachins! I makes pretty toil of my tillage;
I know little of law, so my wife, that the best is,
Does the law part, while I manufacture the justice;
All should live by their trade, or it isn't fair dealing,
And it's just out of mine that I should get a feeling;
I don't always hear both sides, which strange may appear
To those who don't know that I'm deaf of one ear.
A man feed me once with a small bag of barley,
His opponent six beautiful geese brought to parley;
Goosy carried the cause, when the chandler, offended,
Cried, “I gave you some barley, and on you depended;”
Says I, “True, but just after you left it, in hobbled
Six monstrous geese, and the barley they gobbled;
And, neighbour, you'll own, 'tis no new case to find,
When a thing's out of sight, it gets soon out of mind.”
His opponent six beautiful geese brought to parley;
Goosy carried the cause, when the chandler, offended,
Cried, “I gave you some barley, and on you depended;”
Says I, “True, but just after you left it, in hobbled
Six monstrous geese, and the barley they gobbled;
And, neighbour, you'll own, 'tis no new case to find,
When a thing's out of sight, it gets soon out of mind.”
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