And a voice in local business which the big-wigs cannot burke.
The rural working-man shall superintend his children's schooling,
And control long ill-used "charities," and champion "common rights,"
And, in fact, there'll be an end to Squire's sole sway and Parson's fooling,
And the rustic's sole hope-beacon shall no more be "London's Lights."
Chorus.—In the Village, new Village, &c., &c.
There the peasant politician with the Guardian shall grapple,
And keep up the rural standard, and keep down the local rates;
The haughty Church no longer there shall lord it o'er the Chapel,
And the Voluntary School shall find the level it so hates.