Some say it’s far from right, that he’ll set himself a-light,
And blow up like a gunpowder-mill.
But as for the whole of the “principles” of Coal,
When he was a true Toree,
If you want ’em you may see ’em in the British Museum,
Or the writings of Lord Salisburee.
Punch. December 4, 1886.
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WHEN THIS OLD CAP WAS NEW.
From a black-letter copy among the Roxburgh Songs and Ballads.