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The Virginia Patriot's Invitation to His Customers
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The Virginia Patriot's Invitation to His Customers

Come all who love a savory dish,
Here's codfish, cheese, and liver!
There's no such liver, cheese, or fish,
South of Potomac river.
'Tis wholesome food for every day,
And for a feast on Sunday,
It is superior every way,
To New York salmagundi.
Whoever tastes this wholesome dish,
Shall strait grow wondrous wise;
For, like the gall of Tobit's fish,
It opens blindmen's eyes.

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Some Yankee cheese, as story tells,
Killed all the Havana rats;
Our dish, that famous cheese excells,
Destroying Democrats.
All ye who now refuse to store
Yourselves with such a hoard,
Nor codfish, cheese, nor Livermore,
Shall ever grace your board.
Apr., 1810