When I first put Joe’s uniform on!
Chorus of other Dissident Liberals—
By a simple coincidence, &c.
But alas! now it’s come to the pinch,
I discover, unfortunate man!
That the Lib’ral elector
Is not an objector
To Gladstone’s deplorable plan.
He ranks me with Tories—oh, dear!
Nor do arguments specious appear