And begg'd that they might buy the Queen annuities and plate;
And a begging they did go, did go, did go, and a begging they did go.
We have not heard if their success in this was bad or good,
But hope it was the latter, for the sake of Matthew Wood;
For a begging he did go, did go, did go, for a begging he did go.
A begging he did go indeed, this patriot and sage,
But 'twas for his own profit when the Queen went off the stage;
And a begging he did go, did go, did go, and a begging he did go.
But we have reason to suspect that this subscription pines,
And is about as profitable as his Cornish mines;