No. 6
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No. 6 — QUINTET (WINIFRED, LADY BUSHEY, HORACE, JERICHO and MICHAEL) |
Winifred | Lady Bushey | Horace | Jericho and Michael | |||
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Who, alas!, would be a peer | Who, alas!, would be a peer | Who, alas!, would be a peer | Who, alas!, would be a peer | |||
When | ||||||
When the daily | When the daily | When the daily | the daily | |||
papers jeer, | pa- | papers jeer, | papers jeer, | |||
pers jeer, | ||||||
In a way to be regretted | In a way to be regretted | In a way to be regretted | In a way to be regretted | |||
At the brainless coronetted? | At the brainless coronetted? | At the brainless coronetted? | At the brainless coronetted? | |||
Let us heave a tender sigh | Let us heave a tender sigh | Let us heave | Let us heave a tender sigh | |||
a ten- | ||||||
For the man whose rank is high | For the man whose rank is high | der sigh, For the man whose rank | For the man whose rank is high | |||
is high, | ||||||
Nor with democrat's audacity | Nor with democrat's audacity |
Nor with democrat's audacity | Nor with democrat's audacity | |||
Laugh at | ||||||
Laugh at titled incapacity. | Laugh at titled incapacity. | Laugh at titled incapacity. | titled incapacity | |||
Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | |||
Sleep no more | Sleep no more | Sleep no more | Sleep no more | |||
on downy | on | on | on | |||
pillows, | downy pillows, | downy pillows, | downy pillows, | |||
But with big ancestral swords | But with big ancestral swords | But with big ancestral swords | But with big ancestral swords | |||
O defend, | O defend, | O defend, | O defend, | |||
O defend your peccadilloes. | O defend your peccadilloes. | O defend your peccadilloes. | O defend your peccadilloes. | |||
Strips | ||||||
Strips the bald and bankrupt peer, | Strips the bald and bank- | Strips the bald and bankrupt peer, | the bald and bankrupt peer, | |||
rupt peer, | ||||||
Bringing creditors' irateness | Bringing creditors' irateness | Bringing creditors' irateness | Bringing creditors' irateness | |||
On hereditary greatness, | On hereditary greatness, | On hereditary greatness, | On hereditary greatness, | |||
When the ruthless Bill of Sale, | When the ruthless Bill of Sale, | When the ruth- | When the ruthless Bill of Sale, | |||
less Bill | ||||||
Drives him forth o'er hill and dale, | Drives him forth o'er hill and dale, | of Sale, Drives him forth o'er hill | Drives him forth o'er hill and dale, | |||
and dale, | ||||||
Let us weep in all humility | Let us weep in all humility | Let us weep in all humility | Let us weep in all humility | |||
For a | ||||||
For a broken down Nobility. | For a broken down Nobility. | For a broken down Nobility. | broken down Nobility. | |||
Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! | |||
Sleep no more on dow- | Sleep no more on | Sleep no more on | Sleep no more on | |||
ny pillows, | downy pillows, | downy pillows, | downy pillows, |
All. | ||
But with big ancestral swords | ||
O defend, O defend your pecadilloes. | ||
Rouse ye, then O House of Lords. |
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