(After “The Sea! The Sea!”)
The News! the News! the motley News!
Oh, how I love the motley News!
’Tis here, ’tis there, ’tis everywhere,
At market, statute, wake and fair,
And tells to all the country round,
Where rogues and knaves may soon be found.
I love the News! I love the News!
And when I’m bothered with “the blues,”
I turn me to the motley page,