He hab the freedom, dat no good for me;
My massa good man, he gib me plenty
Me no lobe Willy-force[8] better dan he.
Me be de nigger boy,
Me happy fellow, den why me want free?
From Fraser’s Magazine, 1830.
Song by the Duke of Wellington.
I’d be a Minister born into power,
Grasping the pay and the patronage sweet,