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The Goldsmiths Garland
or
The Bankers delight.
being a Selection from the Songs intended to have been Sung & the Verses intended to have been distributed at Lincoln during the memorable contest for the Representation of the County in the Year 1807 between the Landed & the Mercantile interest.
_______________________________________N.º 1 Tumble down Dick
A Prophetic Ballad.
On Paper Wings
And such like things
Like Temple fat & greasy
A Banker sly
presumd[sic] to fly
And found it vastly easy.
2
He dropd[sic] down Notes
And fishd[sic] for Votes
Of which he caught a few
While far & near
Each Customer
His confidence withdrew.
3
Thus ere he kennd
The further end
Of his insane ambition
Plump down he fell
Oh dire to tell
in pitifull[sic] condition.