P'raps, like Washington, they cannot tell a lie,

And gossip is excluded from their talk;

P'raps with them a thing of course is that beef isn't made of horses,

And the milkmen haven't even heard of chalk!

Only fancy, &c.

Perhaps they've no occasion for police,

Though they may keep just a few to spoon the cooks;

If they do, no doubt they're wary whom they make Home Secretary,

And the Chief Commissioner's chosen for his looks.

Very likely, if they ever play a farce,