Of all the folks in Liverpool town,

To the Emperor Looey a letter addressed,

Intended to do him uncommonly brown:

“We’ll sound his plans so dark and so deep,

From Liverpool brokers no secret he’ll keep,”

Said they, in their Lancashire toning.

Four Boobies went sniggering round all day

Among the folks in Liverpool town,

And thinking that none were so clever as they,

And how they should come to a great renown: