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The London University;
OR, STINKOMALEE TRIUMPHANS.
Whene'er with pitying eye I view,
Each operative sot in town,
I smile to think how wondrous few
Get drunk who study at the U-
niversity we've Got in town,
niversity we've Got in town.
Each operative sot in town,
I smile to think how wondrous few
Get drunk who study at the U-
niversity we've Got in town,
niversity we've Got in town.
What precious fools “The People” grew,
Their Alma Mater not in town;
The “useful classes” hardly knew
Four was composed of two and two,
Until they learned it at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Their Alma Mater not in town;
The “useful classes” hardly knew
Four was composed of two and two,
Until they learned it at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
But now they're taught by Joseph Hu-
me, by far the cleverest Scot in town,
Their items and their tottles too;
Each may dissect his sister Sue,
From his instructions at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
me, by far the cleverest Scot in town,
Their items and their tottles too;
Each may dissect his sister Sue,
From his instructions at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
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Then Lansdowne comes, like him how few
Can caper and can trot in town,
In pirouette and pas de deux—
He beats the famed Monsieur Giroux,
And teaches dancing at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Can caper and can trot in town,
In pirouette and pas de deux—
He beats the famed Monsieur Giroux,
And teaches dancing at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
And Gilchrist, see, that great Gentoo-
Professor, has a lot in town
Of Cockney boys, who fag Hindoo,
And larn Fem-nasties at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Professor, has a lot in town
Of Cockney boys, who fag Hindoo,
And larn Fem-nasties at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Sam Rogers' corpse of vampire hue,
Comes from its grave to rot in town;
For Bays the dead bard's crowned with Yew,
And chaunts the Pleasures of the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Comes from its grave to rot in town;
For Bays the dead bard's crowned with Yew,
And chaunts the Pleasures of the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Frank Jeffrey, of the Scotch Review,—
Whom Moore had nearly shot in town,
Now with his pamphlet stitched in blue
And yellow, d—ns the other two,
But lauds the ever-glorious U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Whom Moore had nearly shot in town,
Now with his pamphlet stitched in blue
And yellow, d—ns the other two,
But lauds the ever-glorious U-
niversity we've Got in town.
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Great Birkbeck, king of chips and glue,
Who paper oft does blot in town,
From the Mechanics' Institu-
tion, comes to prate of wedge and screw,
Lever and axle at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Who paper oft does blot in town,
From the Mechanics' Institu-
tion, comes to prate of wedge and screw,
Lever and axle at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Lord Waithman, who long since withdrew
From Mansion-house to cot in town;
Adorned with chair of ormolu,
All darkly grand, like Prince Le Boo,
Lectures on Free Trade at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
From Mansion-house to cot in town;
Adorned with chair of ormolu,
All darkly grand, like Prince Le Boo,
Lectures on Free Trade at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Fat Favell, with his coat of blue,
Who speeches makes so hot in town,
In rhetoric spells his lectures through,
And sounds the V for W,
The vay they speak it at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Who speeches makes so hot in town,
In rhetoric spells his lectures through,
And sounds the V for W,
The vay they speak it at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Then Hurcombe comes, who late at New-
gate-market, sweetest spot in town!
Instead of one clerk popped in two!
To make a place for his ne-phew,
Seeking another at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
gate-market, sweetest spot in town!
Instead of one clerk popped in two!
To make a place for his ne-phew,
Seeking another at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
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There's Captain Ross, a traveller true,
Has just presented, what in town-
's an article of great virtu,
(The telescope he once peep'd through,
And 'spied an Esquimaux canoe
On Croker Mountains), to the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Has just presented, what in town-
's an article of great virtu,
(The telescope he once peep'd through,
And 'spied an Esquimaux canoe
On Croker Mountains), to the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Since Michael gives no roast nor stew,
Where Whigs might eat and plot in town,
And swill his port, and mischief brew—
Poor Creevy sips his water gru-
el as the beadle of the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Where Whigs might eat and plot in town,
And swill his port, and mischief brew—
Poor Creevy sips his water gru-
el as the beadle of the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
There's Jerry Bentham and his crew,
Names ne'er to be forgot in town,
In swarms like Banquo's long is-sue—
Turk, Papist, Infidel, and Jew,
Come trooping on to join the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
Names ne'er to be forgot in town,
In swarms like Banquo's long is-sue—
Turk, Papist, Infidel, and Jew,
Come trooping on to join the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
To crown the whole with triple queue,—
Another such there's not in town,
Twitching his restless nose askew,
Behold tremendous Harry Brough-
am! Law Professor at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
niversity we've Got in town.
Another such there's not in town,
Twitching his restless nose askew,
Behold tremendous Harry Brough-
am! Law Professor at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
niversity we've Got in town.
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Grand chorus:
Huzza! huzza! for Harry Brough-am! Law Professor at the U-
niversity we've Got in town.
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