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This not very elegant song had a considerable music-hall popularity, it was parodied by L. M. Thornton in a version, entitled “The Two Marias,” which was rather more vulgar, and less amusing than the original.
The Two Tory Obadiahs.[71]
Said the Old Tory Leader to the Young Tory Leader,
“It’s my duty, Tory Leader, to complain.”
Said the Young Tory Leader to the Old Tory Leader,
“What, again, Tory Leader? what again?
Of course, you ought by this time to know what you’re about;
But in thus of me complaining I myself have not a doubt