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Show TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. If I were a bank defaulter, And you were a magistrate. Would you measure me for a halter; Or wouldn't your judgment falter At the thought that your act might alter Your vote on election date? If I were a rich defaulter And you a poor magistrate? If I were a politician, And you were a trial judge, And my foe, for a slight sedition, Came before your court in contrition, Would you judge him from Intuition If I gave you a gentle nudge? If I were a politician And you were a trial judge? If I had votes in my pocket And you were upon the bonch, And my lady had thieved a locket, And I asked a boon would you mook It, Or strike her name from tho dookot If she wore a comoly wonch? If I had your votes In my pocket, And you wgre upon the bench? If I were a combination t. And you wore tho laws delay, And I had an Inspiration That I was good for the nation, And I hated Investigation, Would you put it off for today? If I wore the combination That paid for the law's dolay? Yes, if you were a retail vendor And I had a mind to buy, You'd do ydur utmost to rende Good service to please tho spender If you got the legal tender You wouldn't ask whence, nor why. And are you a retail vendor If I hae a mind to buy? H. Ho.lI, in Life. |