The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-03-19
The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md, March 10, 1856.
AN OLD BEL AIR SONG.

Song: Air-"HaH, Thou Oid TRAITOR"
Mr.. Isaac H. Allen, of Washington. has sent to
Mr.. w. Smithson Forwood, of Bel Air, the fol-
lowing song, which Mr.. Aliens father, the late
Isaac Allen, of Bel Air, improvsed and sung, 70
years ago:
Behold, Mr.. Printer, the rude blasts of winter
Have stripped every leaf from the forest quite
All natures in mourning, tho Sol is returning
10 dry up the mud in the streets of Bel Air.
The proud towns of Europe have each had poet
TO sing of the wonders that once happened there,
And in every city they sing very pretty
,g us p s5r noe up s s e be A
But it is no matter, for | do not care,
III mount old Pegasus. tho roughly he PAGES,
Ana ride MIN all round through the town of Bel
HIS limbs are all swollen, which makes him quite
Sullen;
He scarcely can amble or walk, declare.
Yet with much good squirting, I'll keep him a
stirring,
Till take view of the folks of Bel Air.
Then soon as he budges I'll begin with the judges
Who judge of the causes and cases most fair,
They deal out some jargon to us in the bargain
Which we take for wisdom who live in Bel Air
Then there are the lawyers who like the wood
sawyers
Do cut, slash and saw, with wonderful air,
They cut up each client and should he prove
He'll surely be sorry he g err saw Bel Air.
There is the doctor and likewise his proctor,
Their anodynes, nostrums and vomits prepare,
They II give you emetics, or else diarrhetics
II you shod be sick while you stay in Bel Air.
There is our teacher, who sometimes is preacher,
And for other worlds he our souls would prepare,
And each lovely student he wants to be prudent,
For rear ne might prove disgrace 10 Bel Air.
The merchant will tell you that goods he will
Much cheaper than they can be bought any
where,
He'll coax you to buy them and when you do
try them
You'll say that such goods are sold cheap in Bel
Air.
There is the sheriff who. like a stout bailff,
WIN seize you and hold you right fast by the hair
II you commit evil or do not act civil,
as aS .9nR &, as you stay IN me town of Bel Air.
VI MIN would constantly have you beware
He'll give you more liquor to make you talk
quicker,
And without great chance you'u get drunl, in
Bel Air.
And next comes the tailor* as fat as whale sir
WIN WIN his corporation all sticking out there.
lie soon take your measure. if he be at leisure
And make you beautiful suit in Bel Air.
Our honest shoemaker shall be partaker,
In this recitation he shall have share;
win ms avis, wax and leather, and hammers to-
He shoes all the bucks and the bellies of Bel Air
And there's the plow-maker; who'd be under
To make you carts, wagons, or plows by the pair
lie makes patent harrows and likewise wheelbar-
rows
And mends all the pumps for the folks in Bel Air
me pIaeIkSmiths'f poorfellows, still blow up their
And hammer away till they sweat at the bar.
Iho they appear civil they'd look like the ID
Were they to be seen in the streets of Bel Air.
The ladies, sweet creatures, with their lovely
features '
Do so bewitchingly curl up their hair;
Ihey look so enchanting they'd set you to pant
Were you but to see them when you re in Bel Air.
MY song is now ended. l hope none's offended
B9t II that there should be, do VOW and swear
did not intend 1t, nor can now mend it,
so here is success to the folks in Bel Air.
VULCANuS.