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    • S1ANZAS FOR S2ONES: Being a Collection of POPULAR TRAGIC SONGS.
    • A LITTLE RHYME dedicated to H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE,
    • • A SIGN OF THE TIMES.
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      May 8,1869.3 The Tomaha Wk. 201 J

      May 8 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 201 J

      S1anzas For S2ones: Being A Collection Of Popular Tragic Songs.

      S 1 ANZAS FOR S 2 ONES : Being a Collection of POPULAR TRAGIC SONGS .

      Fighting Ben. 1. Historians And Poets, Y...

      Fighting Ben . 1 . Historians and poets , you And Who tell half your mad country in ' s and story verse , About go her ancient prose glory ; Who rave of Crecy , Agincourt Allow Of Blenheim a British , warri Waterlo or o , — ^ To get his word in too . Y 6 u think to hear some 2 , stirring tale To set your pulses throbbing J Well My let the them me is throb one of away jobbing ;—they , ought . Of Things wretched rotten swindling to the , c cruel ore ; shams , In C short an traged , my theme y ask ' more s " the . army . " Come ,

      3-You Drums see a beati regiment ng , colours go past fl , ying ; You You Fo vow r whom their that martial they ' re a g irit allant dying band : , And cry cheer them ! W sp ell up , you may . There More ' s not spiritless a gang than throughout they . the land The lowest workhouse 4- refuse The scum of town and county some , , And To others clutch , forced the wretched by greed bounty or want . Old A Eng hearty land set 's conscripts of braves , 1 there they ~ go , True These thoroug men h are going fighting Briton slaves s ! Shame / , Yes But , slaves still j as I such know the treat word them sounds . hard , They As equals know , the you' bravest ll ne you ' er , meet best of them them ! , Upon A vile them degrading one and ban all . you ' ve set You But ' ve you decked ' ve not them raised out a with man medals . , clasps , —

      6 . What When gain shots , if in were the whizz battles i 'Ifront round them They ' ve stood unflinching ng ! , Have they burst , You The 'll say chains they with ' ve Won which , as you heroes 've bound should them , ? & grateful A grateful country country 1 ' s Has thanks she ! called Her heroes from the ranks ? Not she ! With her no 7- knapsack yet E ' er held Field Marshal ' s baton / That pretty tinselFd stick she ' s kept , No Althoug crown h of she honour ' s laid has the she cat on . ht Of laurel green and fresh . wroug Her And mark cut is in of hum another an flesh kind . ,

      Fighting Ben. 1. Historians And Poets, Y...

      8 . Think The you flow , ' r with of manhood weary years fading to , serve , You In 'll bondage find free thus Eng degrading lishmen to ! bend No And ! cackle their cant one sou about a day the ; French , Sneer The as slaves you , — will the , — soldiers I tell you they we . ' ' re 9-They Wh ' ve drawn is inan their e der lots ision ! % Well , what of that ? Each man y of them knows nothing stands ' Twixt him and his division . Their The very ir wants colonel thei rose r hopes from he them shares ; . What His British helot ' s chance soldier , for would theirs not ? change 10 . I know Your your men are answer not ; worth you'll heeding reply , . Your In them officers is — cash well , and all you breeding want ! And that's , the bait you hold to men—No Free while men 1 u brand Think you rank they'll and come file ? You , 'll merel yo y get the your scum I , Ah ! Englishmen have ir joked . too , much To O smooth n this , — the have matter been down too willing , and grin I te About ll you the what cursed , till things shilling are . changed You And 'll ha mind ve to you blush , not when till then e ' er , you hear , Men talk of Fighting Ben !

      A Little Rhyme Dedicated To H.R.H. The Duke Of Cambridge,

      A LITTLE RHYME dedicated to H . R . H . THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE ,

      B Brand Cut Rand Him Me Me And His , Now...

      B Brand Cut rand him me me and his , now hack body brand him as fast and me a as stamp Britain you him can born ; with man D ! Then send him to ruin for Georgey and me ! ,

      • A Sign Of The Times.

      • A SIGN OF THE TIMES .

      Honesty If There In Their Are Any Compos...

      honesty If there in their are any composition Englishmen to admit who an are unwelcome blessed with fact enough when very they hard see it , , let although them contemp it hits their late the profound treatment belief a in certain themselves now notorious famous scandal high life has tale received now latel going y at the their round hands of . the There drawing is a - which rooms , if and true clubs , ought —a not tale to of be the hushed most up disgraceful on any consideration characterwhatever enough to . characterise On the other the hand tone , if of it that be false society , what which word has is strong given paragrap it edification birth , and hs ? for If handed the the whole sole it purpose round matter in is of piquant a tickling lie , why whispers the dish impure up for suggestive general public this ear ? gilding If it be ove true r of , vice why , all as this if the cowering tinsel of and station cring could ing—wh render y all it surel decent y the worst and allowable kind of blackguardism 1 The blackguardism . Is this the of high case , life or is is and it not immoral ? Or do enough we , after either all , really to blacken live in spotless an age that reputations is cowardl for y the of the want well of -bred something man who better suddenl to do , shows or fawn himsel abjectl f to y at be the at best feet but a miserable scoundrel ? Either y alternative is by no means cheerful consideration . We of therefore the more recommend high-minded the portion whole of society subject , to in the the hope else the that whole we shall truth hear —whatever either no that more truth of may a scandalous be ! lie , or

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 8, 1869, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_08051869/page/5/