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Say a Man who so blunders & bothers
how ere he can prattle & prate
Should ne're be deputed by others
to manage great matters of state.
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And if he should bluster & vapor
And lay to your favor a claim,
Say, you're sure when you look at his paper
A place is his ultimate aim.
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And if his friends teize you why tell them
Should they his abilities mention,
that you'l elect Chaplin & Pelham
Cause they want neither Place boys nor Pension.
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Their conduct it needs no explaining
The've been tried & found free from all flaw
they consult Engineers when they're Draining
& Council in matters of Law.
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Then pledge me boys, while there's a drop
here's to Pelham & Chaplin besides,
Till the Customers shrink from the Shop
And the Bankers notes wipe our __.