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No. 6 — QUINTET (WINIFRED, LADY BUSHEY, HORACE, JERICHO and MICHAEL)
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Winifred   Lady Bushey   Horace   Jericho and Michael
Who, alas!, would be a peer   Who, alas!, would be a peer   Who, alas!, would be a peer   Who, alas!, would be a peer
  When
When the daily   When the daily   When the daily   the daily
papers jeer,   pa-   papers jeer,   papers jeer,
  pers jeer,
In a way to be regretted   In a way to be regretted   In a way to be regretted   In a way to be regretted
At the brainless coronetted?   At the brainless coronetted?   At the brainless coronetted?   At the brainless coronetted?
Let us heave a tender sigh   Let us heave a tender sigh   Let us heave   Let us heave a tender sigh
  a ten-
For the man whose rank is high   For the man whose rank is high   der sigh, For the man whose rank   For the man whose rank is high
  is high,
Nor with democrat's audacity  

Nor with democrat's

audacity

  Nor with democrat's audacity   Nor with democrat's audacity
  Laugh at
Laugh at titled incapacity.   Laugh at titled incapacity.   Laugh at titled incapacity.   titled incapacity
Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!   Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!   Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!   Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!
Sleep no more   Sleep no more   Sleep no more   Sleep no more
on downy   on   on   on
pillows,   downy pillows,   downy pillows,   downy pillows,
But with big ancestral swords   But with big ancestral swords   But with big ancestral swords   But with big ancestral swords
O defend,   O defend,   O defend,   O defend,
O defend your peccadilloes.   O defend your peccadilloes.   O defend your peccadilloes.   O defend your peccadilloes.
  Strips
Strips the bald and bankrupt peer,   Strips the bald and bank-   Strips the bald and bankrupt peer,   the bald and bankrupt peer,
  rupt peer,
Bringing creditors' irateness   Bringing creditors' irateness   Bringing creditors' irateness   Bringing creditors' irateness
On hereditary greatness,   On hereditary greatness,   On hereditary greatness,   On hereditary greatness,
When the ruthless Bill of Sale,   When the ruthless Bill of Sale,   When the ruth-   When the ruthless Bill of Sale,
  less Bill
Drives him forth o'er hill and dale,   Drives him forth o'er hill and dale,   of Sale, Drives him forth o'er hill   Drives him forth o'er hill and dale,
  and dale,
Let us weep in all humility   Let us weep in all humility   Let us weep in all humility   Let us weep in all humility
  For a
For a broken down Nobility.   For a broken down Nobility.   For a broken down Nobility.   broken down Nobility.
Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!   Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!   Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!   Rouse ye then, O House of Lords!
Sleep no more on dow-   Sleep no more on   Sleep no more on   Sleep no more on
ny pillows,   downy pillows,   downy pillows,   downy pillows,

All.  
    But with big ancestral swords
  O defend, O defend your pecadilloes.
    Rouse ye, then O House of Lords.

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