Young squire's frolic/The terrible law

THE TERRIBLE LAW.

THE terrible law when it fastens its paw,
On a poor man, it grips him till he’s undone;
And what I am doing may prove to my ruin,
Though rich as the Lord Mayor of Loudon,

Therefore I'll be wary what message I carry,
Unless we first make a sure zure bargain;
I will be dempnified, thorowly satisfied,
That ⟨ch’an⟩ shan’t zuffer a varding.

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Glasgow, Printed by J. & M. Robertson, Saltmarket, 1807