Cursing their liberal lot,

And Bob's grandiloquent whims;

Deuce in their locker a shot;

Tho' lots, alas! in their limbs!

We hardly know which to do;

Whether to laugh or to cry—

Ton my soul it's true;

What will y ou lay it's a lie?

Read me a comical riddle,

Paddy will say it comes pat—