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 The ELECTION; or, the DESCRIPTION of a

COALITION WEATHER COCK.

NOt far from fit. James’s there lives it is true, A man whose transactions I mean to review, Hs“s a tunbelly’d sinner, he wears buff and blue. With a down, down, down, up and down, Down d:fry, derry up and down, down derry down.

At the hustings this Orator set up bis trade There for liberty roar’d, & the converts he made, Resembl'd the followers of Tyler and Cade. With a down, down, down, up and down, etc.

To them he address’d most elaborate speeches, They cling to the Man of the People like leeches, One band wav’d bats, t’other held up their breeches. With a down, down, downs, up and down, etc.

'Blout his honesty oft he harangu’d the throng, But it ne’er stuck so close to’s heart as his tongue, And put up to auction had sold for a song "With a down, down, down, up and down, etc.

About principles this great statesman would bawl, By his principles stand, by his principles fall, Int’rest kick’d down the principle, states man and all. With a down, down, down, up and down, etc.

With his honour no mortal could ever keep pace, This hour ’twas at Brooks, the next at Duke’s place, Now ’tis mortgag’d for votes, then pledg’d for a place. With a down, down, down, up and down, ere.

At last a deep project was hatch’d in his skull, Nothing less than the rights of electors to gull. But a Horn for a breakfast made Charley look dull. With a down, down, down, up and down, etc.