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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.
OCCASIONAL PIECES.
FAMILY POETRY.
Dick's Long-Tailed Coat.
The Country Seat.
The Sheriff's Ball.
The Drawing Room.
To Jerry
Lines on the Tom Cat.
A Medley.
My Dream
To Mrs. Scoones.
A Phrenological Fragment.
Moral Reflections.
SONGS, EPIGRAMS, Etc.
FAMILIAR EPISTLES.
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The Ingoldsby Lyrics
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.
The Ingoldsby Lyrics