The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook

by Theodore Edward Hook

For a begging they do go, do go, do go, for a begging they do go.

And by his sire's example led, my Lord of Tavistock,

Subscribes ten pounds, to prove himself—a chip of the old block:

And a begging they did go, did go, did go, and a begging they did go.

And Sefton on his death-bed, as it was thought to be,

Encouraged the blasphemer, just to vex the Ministry;

When a begging he did go, did go, did go, when a begging he did go.

When Cobbett stole the bones of Paine, it was with the intent

To raise a penny rate, to buy a seat in Parliament;

And a begging he did go, did go, did go, and a begging he did go.