The sisters go to meetings
To meet their gallants there;
And oft mistake for my Lord,
And snivel out my dear.
And a Tory I will be, etc.
Example, we do own,
Than precept better is;
For Creswell she was safe,
When she lived a private Miss.
And a Tory I will be, etc.
The Whigs, though ne’er so proud,
Sometimes have been as low,
For there are some of note
Have long a raree-show.
And a Tory I will be, etc.
These mushrooms now have got
Their champion turn-coat hick;
But if the naked truth were known
They’re assisted by old Nick.
And a Tory I will be, etc.
To be and to be not
At once is in their power;
For when they’re in, they’re guilty,
But clear when out o’ the tower.
And a Tory I will be, etc.
To carry their designs,
Though ’t contradicts their sense;
They’re clear a Whiggish traytor
Against clear evidence.
And a Tory I will be, etc.
The old proverb doth us tell,
Each dog will have his day;
And Whig has had his too,
For which he’ll soundly pay;
And a Tory I will be, etc.
For bodkins and for thimbles
Now let your tubsters cant;
Their confounded tired cause
Had never yet more want.
So a Tory I will be, etc.
For ignoramus Toney
Has left you in the lurch;
And you have spent your money,
So, faith, e’en come to Church;
For a Tory I will be, etc.
They are of no religion,
Be it spoken to their glories,
For St Peter and St Paul
With them both are Tories;
And a Tory I will be, etc.