A Reform Bill is coming, oh dear! oh dear!
      A Reform Bill is coming, oh dear!
          Spite our ba'ing and hamming,
          To quarters they're drumming,
A Reform Bill is coming, oh dear! oh dear!

John Bright is all bustle, oh dear! oh dear!
      John Bright is all bustle, on dear!
          Bright has braced up his muscle,
          And Roebuck and Russell
Have stripped for the tussle, oh dear! oh dear!

But how about Dizzy? oh dear! oh dear!
     How about our hope, Dizzy ? oh dear!
          Our hope and pride, Dizzy,
          With a Bill too is busy.
Turned Reformer now is he, oh dear! oh dear!

British Bulwarks are shaken, oh dear! oh dear!
     British Bulwarks are shaken, oh dear!
          Now by Dizz we're forsaken:
          And our shoes we all quake in,
Lest we mayn't save our bacon, oh dear! oh dear!

The country they'll ruin, oh dear! oh dear!
     The country they'll ruin, oh dear!
          The country they'll ruin,
          Yet the storm they are brewing
Needn't be our undoing, don't fear! don't fear!

If by numbers we're beaten, oh dear! oh dear!
     If by numbers we're beaten, oh dear!
          If by numbers we're beaten
          The leek must be eaten,
Still its taste we may sweeten, 'tis clear! 'tis clear!

We must make some concession, I fear! I fear!
      We must make some concession, I fear!
          Still of place we've possession,
          And by a concession
We may tide through the Session, hear, hear! hear, hear!


Last modified 10 June 2020