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1808.18
Catch
"A"
The Morning Chronicle (November 7, 1808)
Now singing by the People, the Ministers, and the
Three Great Commanders!!!
PEOPLE.
Who
let the French escape?[1] Was't you, Sir, or you!
Sir
ARTHUR.
Sir HEW let the French escape, Sir HEW, Sir HEW.
Sir
HEW.
What I, Sir? not I, Sir; you tell a cursed---, Sir,
Sir ARTHUR signed the Armistice you've all cause to rue.
Sir
ARTHUR.
What I, Sir? not I,
Sir.
PEOPLE.
Of fighting you were shy, Sir.
Sir
ARTHUR and Sir HEW.
'Twas you that let the French escape, 'twas you, Sir, you!
PEOPLE.
Come, come to trial; carry
HEW, ARTHUR, and Sir HARRY;
Whoever let the French escape we'll make look blue.
Sir
HEW.
You'll discover at the Finis, Sirs,
'Twas Sir ARTHUR and the MINISTERS—
The MINISTERS let go the French! yes! you, Sirs, you!
MINISTERS.
What! we, Sir, we?
We'll hang you on a tree!
'Twas Hew that let the French escape—not Arthur, but Hew!
PEOPLE.
We heed you not a feather;
You're drivellers altogether!
And we'll hang you altogether up; yes, you,
Sirs,
and you!
Oct. 26, 1808