Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-02-02
With "First, if yoa please, my thousand
cuildcrs."


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A thousand g1lldcrs Tho Mayor looked blue F;
so did tho Corporation too;
For council dinners made rarc havoc
With Ciarct, Mosclle, Nin-dc- Grave, Hook;
And half the money would rcplenish
Their cellars biggest butt with Rhcnish.
To pay this sum to wandering fellow
With a npsey coat Of rcd and yellow
"Besidc," quoth the Mayor with q knowing
wink,
"Our business was done at the rivers brinkj
We saw with our eyes the vermin sink,
" And what's dead can't como to life, / think.
so, friend, we're not tho folks to shrink
" From the duty OF giving you something for
drink,
" And matter Of money to put in your poke
{" But, as for the guildcrs, what we spoke
:" OF them, "a you very well know, was in joke.
"Bc.idc our losses have made us thrifty;
4" a thousand guildcrs Como, take City !"
Tho Pipors face fell, and he cried.
"No trihing | can't wait beside,
I've promised to visit by dinner tme
" Dagdat and accept the primo
" OF the Head Cooks pottagc, all he's rich In.
" For having Lett, in the Caliph's kitchen,
Z" OF n nest of scorpions no survivor
With him proved no bargain driver,
d" With YOU, don't think I'll bate silver
" And folks who put me in passion
" Muy find me pipe to another fashion,"
"Howi" cried tho Mayor; "d'yo think I'll
brook
Being worse treated than q cook
4" Insultcd by a lazy ribald
With idle pipe and yesturc piebaldi
" You threaten us, fellowi Do your worst,
Blow your pipe there till you burst
XII.
Once moro he stcpt into the street;
And TO his lips again
Laid his long pipe OF smooth. straight cane
Aud ere he blew three notes (such sweet
Soft notes rs yet musicians cunning
Never gave tho enraptured air)-
There was q rustlng that seemed like a busting,
Small feet were pattcring, wooden shoes clattcr-
ing,
Little hands clnpping, and little tongues chat
tcring,
And like fowls in farm-yard when barley is
scattering,
Out came the children running,
All the little boys and girls,
With rosy checks and haxcn curls,
And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls
! Tripping and skipping, ran mcrrily after
The wonderful music with shouting and laugh
ter.
Tho Mayor was dumb, and the Council stood
| As ii they were changed into blocks of wood,
| Unable to move n step or cry
| 10 the children ncrrily skipping by
And could only follow with the eve
| That joyous crowd at the Piper's back.
| But how the Mayor was on the rack
| And the wretchcd Councils bosoms beat,
| AS the Piper turned rom the High street
| To whore tho Wcscr rollclits waters
| Right in the way ofthcir sons and daughters:
However he turned from South to West.
And TO Koppelberg Hill his steps addressed,
And alter him the children pressed;
Great was the JOY in every breast.
" lie never can cross that mighty top
"He's forced to let the piping drop,
" And we shall sec our children stop
When, 10, as they reached the mountains side,
a wondrous portal opened wide,
AS II a cavern was suddenly followed;
And the Piper advanced and the children FOL
lowed,
And when all were in to tho very last,
The door in the mountain-side shut fast.
Did say alli No One was lame,
And could not dance the whole of the way
And in after years ii you would blamo
Ills sadness, he was used TO say
"1t's dull in our town since my playmatcs left
al can't forget that L m bercit
"Ot all the pleasant sights they sec,
(Which the Piper also promised me;
"For ho led us. he said to a Joyous land
"Joining the town and just at hand,
Where waters gushed and fruit-trecs grow,
"And flowers put forth a farer hue,
land everything was strange and new;
"Ihe sparrows wero brighter than peacock,
here,
=" And their dogs outran our fallow deer,
"And honey-bees had lost their stings,
"And horses were born with eagles wings;
"And just US l became assured
"My lame foot would be speedily cured,
"Ihe music stopped and stood still,
"And found myself outside tho hill,
"Lcit alone against my WILL
"To go now limping as before,
"And never hear OF that country moro |"
XIV.
Alas, alas for uamclin
There came into many burshcr's patio
A text which says, that Heavens cato
Opes to the rich ut as easy rate
AS tho needles eyc takes camel in
The Mayor sent East, West North and South,
10 oiter the Piper by word OF mouth,
| Wherever IL mi ri n H,,1