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.”
1
How came you in Hob's pound to cool,
My boy Hobbie O?
Because I bade the people pull
The House into the Lobby O.
2
What did the House upon this call,
My boy Hobbie O?
They voted me to Newgate all,
Which is an awkward Jobby O.
3
Who are now the people's men,
My boy Hobbie O?
There's I and Burdett—Gentlemen
And blackguard Hunt and Cobby O.
4
You hate the house—why canvass, then?
My boy Hobbie O?
Because I would reform the den
As member for the Mobby O.
5
Wherefore do you hate the Whigs,
My boy Hobbie O?
Because they want to run their rigs,
As under Walpole Bobby O.
6
But when we at Cambridge were
My boy Hobbie O,
If my memory dont err
You founded a Whig Clubbie O.
7
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?
8
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.