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MY BOY HOBBIE O. |
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MY BOY HOBBIE O.
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New Song to the tune of
“Whare hae ye been a' day,
My boy Tammy O?
Courting o'a young thing
Just come frae her Mammie O.”
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How came you in Hob's pound to cool,My boy Hobbie O?
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The House into the Lobby O.
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What did the House upon this call,My boy Hobbie O?
They voted me to Newgate all,
Which is an awkward Jobby O.
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Who are now the people's men,My boy Hobbie O?
There's I and Burdett—Gentlemen
And blackguard Hunt and Cobby O.
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You hate the house—why canvass, then?My boy Hobbie O?
Because I would reform the den
As member for the Mobby O.
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Wherefore do you hate the Whigs,My boy Hobbie O?
Because they want to run their rigs,
As under Walpole Bobby O.
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But when we at Cambridge wereMy boy Hobbie O,
If my memory dont err
You founded a Whig Clubbie O.
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When to the mob you make a speech,My boy Hobbie O,
How do you keep without their reach
The watch within your fobby O?
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But never mind such petty things,My boy Hobbie O;
God save the people—damn all Kings,
So let us Crown the Mobby O!
Yours truly,
(Signed)
Infidus Scurra
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March 23rd, 1820.
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