Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. I

by Unknown

For I'm to be Cock o' the Walk, Staffy, I'm to be Cock o' the Walk.

GOSSAMER.

THE PREMIER TO MRS. GLADSTONE.

You must wake me in the morning, rouse me early, wifey, dear;

To-morrow'll be a ticklish time at Westminster, I hear;

At Westminster, the Franchise Bill will glide upon its way,

And I shall have something to say, deary, I shall have something to say.

There's many a black-legged Tory who would frustrate our design—

There's Northcote and there's Goschen, who was once a friend of mine;