BEHOLD! the biased foes of Right
Are conscious of their danger,
Theyre startled by the dawning light,
So very long a stranger.
And fearing for their rotting laws
Whose reign is nearly ended
To study out the Peoples cause
At last theyve condescended.
And this they call the Peoples Cause,
Why this is insurrection!
They would revoke the very laws
We made for our protection!
An equal right with us they claim!
Theyll rob us by and by, sir!
Well form a league and steal a name
And tell another lie, sir.
They took to gloss a base intrigue
A name that was demotic.
They stole a name and formed a league
And called it Patriotic.
Theyve resurrected ancient lies
The world had most forgotten
The liars think the world will rise
To back a Cause thats rotten.
I know their creed, and know it well,
Too mean are its creators
To hope for heaven, or fear the hell
Theyd make for agitators.
Old as the hillsand quite as dense
Though shaking like a jelly.
Time honoured to magnificence,
Religion of the Belly!
