Legal & Other Lyrics By George Outram: Containing a number of new pieces & fifteen illustrations by Edward J. Sullivan |
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Whoever shall oppose my claim for augmentation,
I'll hold amongst my foes—
Whoever shall oppose;
I'll deem him one of those who seek their own damnation,
Whoever shall oppose my claim for augmentation.
I'll hold amongst my foes—
Whoever shall oppose;
I'll deem him one of those who seek their own damnation,
Whoever shall oppose my claim for augmentation.
Though some may hold their lands cum decimis inclusis,
Secure from my demands—
Though some may hold their lands;
Enough's in other's hands, who have no such excuses—
Though some may hold their lands cum decimis inclusis.
Secure from my demands—
Though some may hold their lands;
Enough's in other's hands, who have no such excuses—
Though some may hold their lands cum decimis inclusis.
'Tis fully twenty years since my stipend was augmented,—
A time of want and fears!
'Tis fully twenty years;
In silence and in tears my griefs I have lamented;
'Tis fully twenty years since my stipend was augmented.
A time of want and fears!
'Tis fully twenty years;
In silence and in tears my griefs I have lamented;
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'Tis partly paid in Bear, and partly paid in Barley;
Though few such crops now rear,
'Tis partly paid in Bear;
Though Wheat and Oats elsewhere are now grown regularly,
'Tis partly paid in Bear, and partly paid in Barley.
Though few such crops now rear,
'Tis partly paid in Bear;
Though Wheat and Oats elsewhere are now grown regularly,
'Tis partly paid in Bear, and partly paid in Barley.
My glebe is small and poor, and my parish is prodigious.
How long shall I endure!
My glebe is small and poor.
No error, I am sure, was ever more egregious.
My glebe is small and poor, and my parish is prodigious.
How long shall I endure!
My glebe is small and poor.
No error, I am sure, was ever more egregious.
My glebe is small and poor, and my parish is prodigious.
I have no means but those. A small mortification
Just keeps my wife in clothes.
I have no means but those.
If I might be jocose, I'd say on this occasion
I have no means but those—a great mortification.
Just keeps my wife in clothes.
I have no means but those.
If I might be jocose, I'd say on this occasion
I have no means but those—a great mortification.
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Then whoever shall oppose my claim for augmentation,
I'll hold amongst my foes—
Whoever shall oppose;
I'll deem him one of those who seek their own damnation.
Whoever shall oppose my claim for augmentation.
I'll hold amongst my foes—
Whoever shall oppose;
I'll deem him one of those who seek their own damnation.
Whoever shall oppose my claim for augmentation.
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