Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-17
GREECE!

a King for Greece!-a King Tor Greecei
Wanted Sovereign Prlnce' for Greece!
For the recreant Knight
Hath broken his plight,
Some say from policy, some from fright,
Some say in hope to rule tor his niece,
lie hath refused 10 be King Greece
A King for Greece!-a King for Greece!
Where shall we find King fer Greecee
Score after score,
a hundred and more,
Candidates crowd round the Treasury door.
For Athens and Theoss, and the Peloponnese,
All of them eager to reign over Greece.
Big y exclaims Be the dadem mine!
! SPRING from chiefs of an iHgant line,
phe Mahontes
IT to stand should dare
I shall ne er again SIT ior he County of Clare
Oh! what toiI do should Parliament ceasep
Oh! make me the Sovereign Prince of Greece
Now naye now naye. thou vagabond Dan.
In faith thou never may'st be the man,
Thout cringe, aud cry,
And bully and lie,
Yet shrink from danger whene'er it comes nigh.
Skuker In war. Braggart in peace,
Thou never mayst be the Prince of Greece
Ooh! III bs King, and the Nation shall thrive,
And III mako one half penny push for ave!
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Ye Chew bacon tribe,
Give Peel and Wellington each bribe;
s'Pwill cost more than a penny a piece
To bug Will Goblet the crown Of Greece."
Now spare, now spare, thou grey headed sinner,
In vain thou DIST rob it,
To mob it, and job it.
Chou never mayst reign thou wicked will Cobbett
9'raitnr to all parties. all to fleece,
a vampire We're better than thou for Greece.
"Oh! I'll be KiDg!-oh' LII be King!
And the people for Joy shall dance and sing,
For Lords shall mix
With Layers Of bricks,
and Chioney-sweepT ride in their coaches and six;
Then shout, boys, shout, nor your camoring cease.
9i!l Henry Hunt is the Monarch of Greece'
Now naye, now naye, thou vain Buckingham,
Ehou vert f:ter by far to be KING of JapaD;
Thy Reps and Rapscallions,
Aud Paterdemaons
With their Whitley brown hats and their pewter me-
dallions,
Fit subjects they for the new Police
Ihey never shall make thee the King of Greece!
NOV tell me the price! now tell me the price,
Don't stand shilly -shaly, be over-nlce,
no matter how high,
III buy, III buy!
Ihen who'll be so great grand as I.
In diamond tiara and ermined peIisse,
No longer Duchess, but Queen of Greece,"
Now naye. proud Duchess, now naye, now nave,
NO queen, but Quean, which is spelt with an q!
Gull shameful, ween,
1t were In Queen
To booze on Kursch Wasser and proof Maraschin,
Anolnt thee, WItch!-thy maudIin caprice
Shall never, y never, give law to Greece!
King for 6reece!-Oh, who NAV he be1
Yell Just gle the Soueran Groom to me.
The Sers the thing
That makes guide King
To sic fine pass the repanue I'll brin1
Yen see the whole touLe hooykD increase
GIN yen nah Joey the King O. Greecei
Now naye, now naye, thou pawkie auld Scoa
Pby kDaverie Is not soon fsrgot
Thy tricks N the Loan
Are far too well known
Thond DIST rob the Bxchequer," and call II thine ovni
Now naye, friend joey. neer thIuk US such Geese
That Fox Ike thee should be King over Greece!
Alas! for Greece!-Alas for Greecei
We never shall find fit King for Greece.
That Royal pair,
Lance" ard Cbauhert,
Are both OF them burning to Jlu=c away there.
Like William and Mary n half crown piece
With heads conjoined to reign over Greece.
That never may be!--That never may be!
Enough Satan joined make Fire. Kinrs three.
No Quacki6ed GaDder,
Nor red SaIamander,
may SIT where sat Macedons Great Alexander
I'M I had we Soyereign's fiery as these
VINO might insure the safety of Greece!
n i,, for Greece!--Our hopes dccrease--
we must look for King among the Chinese!
There's Dombrowsisy,
And Poniatowsky,
SotkofTs twenty,
hnd Romanoffs plenty,
hlustucbiewitz FchltchaPof,
Enough to give witch cough,)
Pole and Russ
al making fuse,