But with his side he always voted,
And was his father’s son.
So, as upon his last appearance
He publicly was scoff’d,
The Premier, to effect a clearance,
Has sent Lord Tom aloft!—aloft!
Has sen-n-n-nt Lord Tom-o-om ma-aloft!
Truth. Christmas Number, 1886.
There is another parody on Tom Bowling, by L. M. Thornton, entitled Drunken Sally, but it is too vulgar to be inserted. It may occasionally be seen amongst the penny ballads on street walls.
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