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To the people of England the humble Petition	A
Of Ireland's disconsolate Orangemen showing	B
That sad very sad is our present condition	A
Our jobbing all gone and our noble selves going	B
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That forming one seventh within a few fractions	C
Of Ireland's seven millions of hot heads and hearts	D
We hold it the basest of all base transactions	C
To keep us from murdering the other six parts	D
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That as to laws made for the good of the many	E
We humbly suggest there is nothing less true	F
As all human laws and our own more than any	E
Are made by and for a particular few	F
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That much it delights every true Orange brother	G
To see you in England such ardor evince	H
In discussing which sect most tormented the other	G
And burned with most gusto some hundred years since	H
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That we love to behold while old England grows faint	I
Messrs Southey and Butler nigh coming to blows	J
To decide whether Dunstan that strong bodied Saint	I
Ever truly and really pulled the De'il's nose	J
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Whether t'other Saint Dominic burnt the De'il's paw	K
Whether Edwy intrigued with Elgiva's odd mother	G
And many such points from which Southey can draw	K
Conclusions most apt for our hating each other	G
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That 'tis very well known this devout Irish nation	A
Has now for some ages gone happily on	L
Believing in two kinds of Substantiation	A
One party in Trans and the other in Con	L
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That we your petitioning Cons have in right	M
Of the said monosyllable ravaged the lands	N
And embezzled the goods and annoyed day and night	M
Both the bodies and souls of the sticklers for Trans	O
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That we trust to Peel Eldon and other such sages	P
For keeping us still in the same state of mind	Q
Pretty much as the world used to be in those ages	R
When still smaller syllables maddened mankind	Q
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When the words ex and per served as well to annoy	S
One's neighbors and friends with as con and trans now	T
And Christians like Southey who stickled for oi	S
Cut the throats of all Christians who stickled for ou	F
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That relying on England whose kindness already	E
So often has helpt us to play this game o'er	G
We have got our red coats and our carabines ready	E
And wait but the word to show sport as before	U
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That as to the expense the few millions or so	V
Which for all such diversions John Bull has to pay	W
'Tis at least a great comfort to John Bull to know	V
That to Orangemen's pockets 'twill all find its way	W
For which your petitioners ever will pray	W
Etc etc etc etc etc	X

Thomas Moore

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