THE REMEDY. 723 



" Disgusted with the rule of kings, 



And with their cringing tools, 

 I came to free America, 



Where boasted freemen rule; 

 Where Yankee Doodle fought and bled 



To free themselves from kings: 

 I found that their degenerate sons 



Were ruled by thieves and rings. 



"When knaves and thieves get up and fight 



To settle their disputes, 

 The workingmen will rush pell-mell, 



And play the human brutes; 

 The knaves will then divide the gold , 



The fools divide the lead; 

 And then they shoot each other down, 



'Till half the fools are dead. 



" The other half will then go home 



And work like willing slaves, 

 To help to pay the war fraud off, 



And then fill pauper graves. 

 When workingmen were in the field, 



And fighting brave and bold, 

 The Wall street thieves like fiends of hell 



\Vere gambling in gold. 



" Men boast of their religion, 



And boast of their free schools; 

 But if we monkeys acted so, 



They'd say that we were fools; 

 And I would say the same myself, 



In fact I'd hide my face, 

 If we should ever act like men, 



I'd cease to own my race. 



I feel ashamed to tell you how 



The workingmen will act; 

 I scarcely could believe it myself, 



Until I proved the fact. 

 They spin, weave and make fine things 



For lazy drones to wear; 

 They plow and sow, they reap and mow 



And lead unceasing lives of care. 



