Here swindles now are vain,

But, once across the main,

We may pick up again,

Far, far away!

Far away, far away!

Truth Christmas Number, 1884.


The Farnborough Sow.

During the Anti-Tithe Agitation in Kent, in 1885, the following Parody was sung by the Farmers, one verse only is omitted, on account of its coarseness. In other respects the song is an exact copy of one obtained at an Anti-Tithe Meeting in Farnborough, April, 1885:—

There is a fine old sow,