He heard the Rose, the Shamrock, and the Thistle to complain,

An alteration must take place together they did sing,

In the Corn Laws and Poor Laws, and many another thing.

CHORUS.

Conversing on the present time together they did range,

All classes thro’ Great Britain now appear so very strange,

That England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales must quickly have a change.

The railroads all through England have great depression made;

Machinery of every kind has put a stop to trade;

The innkeepers are weeping in agony and grief,