Behold! the biased foes of Right
Are conscious of their danger,
They-re startled by the dawning light,
So very long a stranger.
And fearing for their rotting laws-
Whose reign is nearly ended-
To study out the People-s cause
At last they-ve condescended.

-And this they call the -People-s Cause-,
Why this is insurrection!
They would revoke the very laws
We made for our protection!
An equal right with us they claim!
They-ll rob us by and by, sir!
We-ll form a league and steal a name
And tell another lie, sir.�

They took to gloss a base intrigue
A name that was demotic.
They stole a name and formed a league
And called it -Patriotic�.
They-ve resurrected ancient lies-
The world had most forgotten-
The liars think the world will rise
To back a Cause that-s rotten.

I know their creed, and know it well,
Too mean are its creators
To hope for heaven, or fear the hell
They-d make for agitators.
Old as the hills-and quite as dense
Though shaking like a jelly.
Time honoured to magnificence,
Religion of the Belly!