Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-01
Prom the N. Y. Ledger
RICHARD OF GLOSTEE.
A TRAVESTIE.
B Y JOHN @. SAKE.

Perhaps, my dear boy, you may never have heard
OF that wicked old monarch. KIS0 RICHARD THIRD.
Whose actions we're often extremely absurd
And who leo such sad life,
Such wanton and mad life
Indeed, may say, such a Wretched had life.
suppose am perfectly safe in declaring
There nc'er such monster Of inf tmOus daring
In all sorts Of crime he was wholly unspasing;
In pride and ambition vas quite beyond bearingj
And had q bad habit OF cursing aud asWearing.
must own, my lear boz, have than suspected
The Kings education wasrather neglected:
And that atyoHr school with any two "Dicks"
Whom yOuf excellent teacher diurnally bricks
in his neat little tables, in order to tx
Each pnpil's progression with nuner4l pi-ks.
Master RICHARD Y. GLosFRR would often have h ard
His standing recorded as ''Richard-tls third %
But whAteye- Of learning his Majesty had,
It's clear the HI g's English was shOckingly bad;
1.-THE slightest pretenee
or Oyal offence,
His anger exceeded al reason or sense;
And, having no need TO foster nurse il, he
Would open his wra h. then, as to dispense II, he
Would scatter his curses like Colege-degrees
And, quite at his ease,
Conferred fii DDS"
As plenty and cheap as young University
And yet Richards tongue vas remarkably smooth
Gould utter lie quite as easy a truth;
[Another habit he got in his youth }
And had. on occasion, powerful battery
or plausible phrases andeloquent aattery
Which g4vehim, my boy in that barbarous day,
Things are different now, am happy ty say)
over feminine hearts a most perilous sway.
The women Ia spite OF an od.Ous hume
Viii h he wore his back all thought him trump
And Just when he'd played them the scdrVissI tric,
They swear in their hearts that this crooked old stick,
This treacheTOus. dangerous dssoluts Dick,
For honor and virtue beat Cato all hollow;
And in figure and fare IVES ant Their APollot
he murdered their brothers,
And fathers and methsrsI
And, than all that, he slaughtered hy doEeus
His royal unces aid nePhews and eousiEs;
AID then in the eunningest scrt Of Orauons,
In smoo d conversations,
Ana hattering UyaIiOns,
Made love to th-r principal female relations
'FWa1 very improper, my boy, you must know,
For the son Of kiog to we himself 50;
And you scarcely Tel eve what the chronicles show
OF his WONDERFUL wcongs
And infamous dongs;
But here's exploit that he certainly did do
Killed lis own cou in MD,
As be slept in his bed.
And married nsxt day The dsoORsolats widow
don't understand how such ogres ariye,
But beginning, perhaps, with things little in SIZE,
Such rs torturing beetles and blue bottle flies
Or scattering smut in poodle dogs eyes
King Richard had grown so wantonlT cruel
He minded murder no more than duel,
He'd in ulge the slightest pretence or occasion.
In his faEodt. amusement Of DscApitaton,
Until "Of vita his head!"
1t is ensdibly said.
From his Majesty Is mouth came easy and pat
Asrom an old constable, "or With his hat !"
One really shivers,
And fairly quiYers
To think of the treatment Of Grey. and Rivers,
And Hastng, and Vaughn, and other good liYers,
All suddenly sent st the tap Of adrum,
From the Kingdom Of England to Kingdon-tO-Come!
OF Buckingham doomed TO a tragical ems
For being tie tyTant's par tcusr friend;
OF Clarence who died, it lie mo1rnful to think,
or wine that be wasn't permitted to drink!
And the lesutiful babies Of royal blood,
TSo little White Ross both nipt in the bud
And silly Queen Aun- Whst ssFroE it cost her
land served her right y for daring to foster
ThS impudent suit Of this Richard Of GlosterI
WHO, instead of comforting ro'al gra;ultV,
A dover, or even a decent Anne uity,
Just gave her portion of-something or other
That made her a. quiet as PharaOh's mother
All, Richard ! you're going it quite too fast
Your doom is slow, but IT'S coming at last
Your bloody crown,
Will toppe down,
And you'll be done uncommonly brown
Your foes are thick,
My daring Dick,
And RICHMOND, prince and regular brick,
Is after you now with sharp stick
On BoswOrth field the armies to-nigh;
Are pitching their tents in each others sight;
And to morrow Ito morrow they're going to Fl yht!
And now King Richard has gone to bed
Bet cen in his sleep
He cannot keep
The past or the future out of his head
In his deep remorl5
Each mGnged corse
or all he had slain.-Or what worse,
Their ghosts-came in terrible force,
And greeted his ear With unpleasant discourse,
Until, with q scream,
He woke from his dream,
And shouted aloud for "another horseP'
Perhaps you may think, my little dear,
King Richard request was rather queer
But III presently make it exceedingly clear
1 mean to say that, against his habit,
He'd eaten WEIGH rabbit,
With very bad whisky on going to bed
I've had the Night Mare with horrible force,
And much prefer q different horse
But see the murky Night is gone
The Morn is up, and the Fight is on
The knights engaging, the warfare is waging,
On the right-On the left, the battle is raging
King Richard is down
Will he his crown
There's crack in it now he's beginning to bleed
Aha Kiug Richard has lost his steed
(Ata moment like this It's a terrible need D
He shouts aloud with numbering force,
And offers a VeTy high price for horse =
But IFS all in the battle is dope-
The day is lost !s-and the day is WOu -
And RICHMOND is King snd RICHARDS corset
MORAL.
Remember, my boy, that moral snormities
Are apt to attend corporal deformities.
Whatever you nave whatever lack,
Beware Of gsttiaga crook in your back
And, while you're about IL, I'd very much rather
Youdgr tall and superb, i. e. copy your father!
Don't learn to be cruel, pray let me advise,
By torturing beetles and buebOttles-h:es,
Or scattering snuff in poode-dOg's eyes.
II you ever should marry, remember to we'd
handsome, plump, modest, spoken, Well-bresd
And sensible maidon OF twenty-instead
OF widow whose husba nd is recently dead
II you'd shun in your maps those horrible ZacAbi,
Beware what yon and be careful what drink yOu buy
Or else you may see, in your sleeps perturbstioRs,
Some old and uncOmmonly ugly relations,
Who'll be very apt to disturb your mutations
By unpleasant allusons, and rude obserVatiOnsi