Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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TAX UPON INCOME.
Ye quidnuncs so queer, who thro' politics trudge it,
And mumble each crust of the minister's budget;
Of all the various ways he discovered to link 'em,
Don't you think he did the job in the Tax upon Income?
How the great folks must come down with the clinkum,
“When the gem'man he goes round for the Tax upon Income.”
And mumble each crust of the minister's budget;
Of all the various ways he discovered to link 'em,
Don't you think he did the job in the Tax upon Income?
How the great folks must come down with the clinkum,
“When the gem'man he goes round for the Tax upon Income.”
'Twould be droll if this tax tythe-in-kind should be collected,
Then from lawyers, you know, justice couldn't be expected!
The proctors their payment in testaments they'd make it,
The doctors pay in physic—but who the deuce would take it?
I'll tell you who we'd give it to, 'twould save us all our clinkum,
The gem'man, who, &c.
Then from lawyers, you know, justice couldn't be expected!
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The doctors pay in physic—but who the deuce would take it?
I'll tell you who we'd give it to, 'twould save us all our clinkum,
The gem'man, who, &c.
Should the gem'man ask the barber's tythe he'd lather him, may hap, Sir;
The cobler too, for tythe in kind, would give his worship strap, Sir;
The baker'd give him short weight whene'er he chose to call, Sir,
Except the baker was churchwarden, then he'd give him none at all, Sir,
For we know no more what churchwardens do with the clinkum,
Than the gem'man, who, &c.
The cobler too, for tythe in kind, would give his worship strap, Sir;
The baker'd give him short weight whene'er he chose to call, Sir,
Except the baker was churchwarden, then he'd give him none at all, Sir,
For we know no more what churchwardens do with the clinkum,
Than the gem'man, who, &c.
Our cits are worth so many plumbs, our nobles too including,
Their contributions sure would make a national plumb-pudding;
Of which our foes to get a slice would try, ne'er doubt the question,
But they find our British dumplings too hard for their digestion;
And but for these, cook'd by our tars, we'd have but little clinkum,
For the gem'man, &c.
Their contributions sure would make a national plumb-pudding;
Of which our foes to get a slice would try, ne'er doubt the question,
But they find our British dumplings too hard for their digestion;
And but for these, cook'd by our tars, we'd have but little clinkum,
For the gem'man, &c.
May the incomes of the rich ne'er be taxed by venality;
But the incomes of the poor enlarg'd by their liberality;
When the income of war shall our taxes increase, Sir,
May the score be wip'd off by the income of peace, Sir;
And till then may our tars make our foes find the clinkum,
For the gem'man, &c.
But the incomes of the poor enlarg'd by their liberality;
When the income of war shall our taxes increase, Sir,
May the score be wip'd off by the income of peace, Sir;
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For the gem'man, &c.
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