For the public is getting so touchy,
Next time there’s a race for the prize of a place
I shall try to jump into the Duchy;
For to be in the Cabinet’s awfully nice,
But the honour is rather too much for the price.
Pall Mall Gazette. September 13, 1887.
CUMBERLAND, KING!
The Mélange, published in Liverpool in 1834. contained a number of songs of “High Tory and No Popery” sentiments, such as “Up, Protestants, Up!” in which the Pope and the Devil were ranged side by side, and a parody entitled “Rouse, Britons! Arouse.” Also the following verses to the tune of “God Save the King.”
Thy choicest curse in store,
On George be pleased to pour,