Never was a man so bandied by Fame,thro' air, thro' ocean, and thro' land,As one that is wrote upon every Bank-Note,and you all must know Abraham Newland.O, Abraham Newland!Notorious Abraham Newland:I've heard people say, Sham Abraham you may,but you mus'n't sham Abraham Newland.
For fashions of arts, should you seek foreign parts,it matters not wherever you land,From Christian to Greek all language will speak,if the language of Abraham Newland.Oh, Abraham Newland!Astonishing Abraham Newland:Whatever you lack, you'll get in a crack,by the credit of Abraham Newland.
But what do you think, without victuals or drink,you may tramp like the wand'ring Jew, land,From Dublin to Dover, nay, all the world over,if a stranger to Abraham Newland.O, Abraham Newland!Wonderful Abraham Newland;Tho' with compliments cramm'd, you may die out of hand,if you hav'n't an Abraham Newland.
The world are inclin'd to think Justice is blind,yet Lawyers know well she can view land;But what of all that?—she'll blink like a bat.at the sight of a friend—Abraham Newland.O, Abraham Newland!Magical Abraham Newland;Tho' Justice 'tis known, can see thro' a mill-stone,she can't see thro' Abraham Newland.
Your Patriots who brawl for the good of us all,and, good souls, like mushrooms, they strew all,But tho loud as a drum, each proves Orator Mum,if attack'd by stout Abraham Newland,O, Abraham Newland!Invincible Abraham Newland,No argument's found in the world half so sound,as the logic of Abraham Newland.
The French say they're coming, but surely they're humming;we know what they want, if they do land:But we'll make their ears ring, in defence of our King,our country, and Abraham Newland.O, Abraham Newland!Excellent Abraham Newland!No tri-colour'd elf, nor the devil himself,shall rob us of Abraham Newland.
Divider from 'The Linnet', a chapbook printed in Falkirk in 1819
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