And what do I think of the system? Why, just what the Presence may choose;
But a good cattle-thief nowadays must look after his p's and his q's.
There are many more folk to be squared, and the hire of the bail to be paid;
But it makes the lads three times as careful, and raises the style of a raid.
Still the game, as a game, is no more; for your reign has been death to all sport.
E'en a cattle-thief thinks like a banker, and scarcely gives honour a thought.
'Tis mere money grub--pennies and farthings. What I in my youth you have heard
Was a noted--O fie on the Presence! It shouldn't believe such a word.
There are twenty-three schools in my circle; I pay all the Government fees!
I've made a canal and a garden! I've planted some thousands of trees!