Classic Poem

Good people draw near as you pass along
And listen awhile to my alphabetical song.
A is Prince Albert once buxom and keen
Who from Germany came and got spliced to the Queen.
Chorus.

For they're all a spinning, their cause in triumph springing,
And the poor man he is singing since the Corn bill is repailed.

B stands for Smith O'Brien: he an Irishman so true
He hammered at Coercion till he beat them black and blue.
When he got out of prison that bill he did oppose,
With the fright he gave old Wellington, he fell and broke his nose.

C is brave Cobden one night it is said
Threw a quarter Loaf at old Buckingham's head.
Concerning the Corn laws he laid it down strong
And he spun out yarn seventeen hour long.

D for the Duncombe who helpt the plan
To give full and plenty to each true in the land.
E stands for Evans who would starve us again
Because he beats 40 thousand old women in Spain.

F stands for Ferrand a protectioner's Tool,
He spoke seven hours and roared like a fool;
G stands for Graham who is early and late,
Breaking seals at the post office a repealer for to take.

H is old Hume he is clever do you see,
He subtracted 2 from 1 and got the corn duty free;
I is Bob Inglis aginst free trade blew a blast
He was seven hours in the stericks when the corn bill did pass.

J stands for Jerry who spoke till he was hoarse
In the middle of the fight his fair daughter he lost;
She followed a soldier and off she went slap,
With gun and a knap-sack slung over her back.

K is for Kelly, he kept up the jaw
Till he got the corn free and brought into law;
L stands for Lyndhurst with his Brushes, Paints, and Pots,
Guess how he was born or how that he was got,

M is Lord Morpeth who nobly fought
Each night in succession for the corn law;
N is old Nosey who opposes him it's true,
For to lose 15 thousand he is quite in the blues.

O is O'Connell to them told the Law
And is still biding time for old Erin Gobraugh.
P stands for Peel who is acting upright,
As between you and me he has got a long sight.

Q is the question of Coercion they say,
So they're stuck in the trap Bob cut away;
R is Lord Russell who's making all haste
To run down to Windsor to fill Bobby's place

To ride in Peel's saddle he'll find it a job.
For he shakes on his legs like a staggering Bob.
S is Lord Stanley who's shaking with fear
For his tenants payed him their rent with a bullet this year.

And swore if they catch him he'll never elope
Till they well oil his body with flails of good oak;
T is the teasel that combs them all down,
U is for Urbridge who wonders have done.

V stands for Villiers whom the farmers detest,
For to slaughter the corn law he did do his best;
For free trade he struggled by day and by night,
He is next in command to Cobden and Bright.

W stands for Wakley a doctor so bold,
Who swore on the corn bill an Inquest he'd hold;
When the jury he charged he let them all see,
A verdict was returned for the corn to be free.

X is a letter which puts me in mind
Of a ship load of landlords that sailed against wind;
Now over the ocean they must all away
To spend their last days in Botany Bay.

Y stands for York the archbishop so big
Who loves for to dine on a little tithe pig;
Free trade on last Sunday did so him perplex
That he sang rule Brittania and thought it the text.

Z is for Zetland an old English peer
Who swore he'd have bread and potatoes so dear.
The corn bill is past, the landlords are very bad,
They must be muzzled in the dog days for fear they might go mad.