And this was the reason (as all men know
In this kingdom by the sea)
That petitions came swarming from every pub.
And toppled o’er W. G.
And that was the reason this hurricane came
In this much-taxed land of the “Free”;
Just a row o’er the tax, which completely snuffed out
This tree-felling W. G.
In his dark days a Sunbeam brightened the gloom,
In the shape of Sir Thomas Brass-ie,