One said it was a Statesman, an’ another he said, “Nay;
It’s just a Liberal Party, that has been and gone astray.”
Look ye there!
They ratted an’ they ranted, an’ the next thing they did find,
Was a gruntin’, grindin’ grindlestone, an’ that they left behind.
Look ye there.
One said it was a grindlestone, another he said, “Nay,
It’s nought but a fossil Quaker that’s gone an’ roll’t away.”
Look ye there!
(Portrait of John Bright.)