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THE KING AND WEST COUNTRYMAN.

There was an old chap in the west country,

A flaw in his lease the lawyers had found;

It were all about a-felling some oak trees,

And building some houses upon his own ground.

Ri tooral, &c.

Now this old chap to Lunnun did go,

To tell the King a part of his woe,

Likewise to tell him a part of his grief,

In hopes King George would give him relief.

Ri tooral, &c.

Now this old chap to Lunnun did go,

But found the King to Windsor had gone;

But if he had known he’d not been at home,

He domm’d his buttons if ever he’d come.

Ri tooral, &c.

Now this old chap to Windsor did go,

But the gates were barred, and all secure;

He humped and thumped with his oaken clump,

There’s room within for I, to be sure.

Ri tooral, &c.

Pray, Mr Noble, shew I the King—

What’s that the King that I see there?

I seed a chap at Bartlemy Fair,

Much liker a King than that chap there.

Ri tooral, &c.