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The Ingoldsby Lyrics

By Thomas Ingoldsby [i.e. R. H. Barham]

Ingoldsby, Thomas (1788-1845)

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POLITICAL SKITS, PARODIES, Etc.

Waddington's Name.

My Adieu to a “Man of Sense.”

The London University;

The Spots in the Sun.

La Belle Ordamis.

A London Eclogue.

The Distrest Laddie,

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The Old Woman's Cat.

MORAL.

Lord Waithman's Lament.

A New Song to an Old Tune.

The Irish Fisherman.

OCCASIONAL PIECES.

SONGS, EPIGRAMS, Etc.

FAMILIAR EPISTLES.

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MORAL.

Little old women, wherever ye be,
Gentle or simple, come listen to me—

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Beware how you storm
And bawl for Reform,
And great alterations begin,
Lest in going about,
To rout one grievance out,
You let half a score come in.