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14 And my serfs live on water and roots,

While I feast on the best of good things!

For I am the poor man's scourge!

For I am the poor man's scourge!

Yes, you are the poor man's scourge!

But of such the whole island we'll purge!

II.

A despot, and strong one, am I,

Since a Drummond no longer is here,

To my "duties" to point ev'ry eye,

Though of "rights" I wish only to hear—

Though of "rights" I wish only to hear!

If conspiracies I apprehend,

To throw off my rack-renting rule,

For a "Special Commission" I send,

To my friends of the old Tory school!

For I am the poor man's scourge!

For I am the poor man's scourge!

Yes, you are the poor man's scourge!

But of such the whole island we'll purge!

III.

I prove to the world I'm a man,

In a way very pleasant to show;

I debauch all the tenants I can,

And of b——ds I have a long row—

And of b——ds I have a long row!

My cottiers must all cringe to me,

Nor grudge me the prettiest lass;

Or they know very well that they'll see

Their hovels as flat as the grass!

For I am the poor man's scourge!

For I am the poor man's scourge!

Yes, you are the poor man's scourge!

But of such the whole island we'll purge!