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 4 And that's a tack (God help them both)

that always holds for life sir.

The lawyer studies how to tack,

his Client to the law sir,

the attorney tacks whole quirs and reams;

to lengthen out his cause sir,

The Commons, Lords, and British Crown,

are all three tack'd together

And should they chance to be untack'd,

no good can come of either.

The crown is tack'd unto the church,

the church unto the crown sir,

The Whigs are slightly teck'd to both,

and so may soon come down sir.

Since all the world's a general tack,

of one thing to another,

Then why about an honest tack,

do fools make such a pother.

The Sailor's Return

Behold, from many an from,

and all the dangers of the man,

Where billows mount, and te pets roar,

your faithful Tom return again ;

Returns, and with him brings a heart,

That ne'er from Sally shall depart.

After long toils and troubles pas.s