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   Little Boney A-cockhorse

Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14, Great
         St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials.

OH dear ! Little Boney's a coming.
Dear, dear, behold him a running
With his flat-bottom'd boats ſee how they're
burning,
Little Boney is coming over from France ;
He'll be met by the way by our brave Britiſh
frigates, (gizzard,
And a doſe of their pills they will clap in his
And down to the bottom ſend him & his legions
And teach him our new faſhion dance.
CHORUS.
O dear, Little Boney's coming over,
With his legion's of Troops to land them at Dover :
But our brvve Volunteers they'll soon do him over,
And blow him quite over to France !
Little Boney the bantum to Walmer is coming,
To haul down the flag behold him a running ;
But our brave Volunteeers will give him a drub-
bing,
And teach him an Engliſhman's dance ;
His route is for London that very ſame hour,
To haul down the flag that ſtands the Tower.
But our brave volunteers puts it out of his pow'r
And teach him in London to dance.
Little Boney a-cockhorſe is coming for plunder
The old men will ſtare and the old women will
wonder,                          (knock under,
Our young men in arms will ſoon make him
And teach him our new faſhion dance,
Our young men in arms collected together,
Our old men with pitch-forks, like birds of a
feather,              (weather,
To drive little Boney come through wind and
And teach him in Britain to dance.
Our old women too all muſter'd together,
With pokers and tongs, like birds of a feather,
To drive little Boney the devil knows whither,
And teach him an old woman's dance.
His bridle of diamonds an old woman wanted,
Theſhoes of his horſe are all ſilver mounted,
Not a nail in his hoofs but our old woman
counted,
When Boney comes over from France,
Come, come, brother Britons, united together,
Let's join heart & hand like bird's of a ſeather
For our Church & our King we'll fight together
When Boney comes over from France.