Specie Law.

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Tune — "Law."

Come list to me for a minute,
A song I'm going to begin it,
There's something serious in it,
So pray attention draw;
'Tis all about the law,
That has made such a deuse of eclat.
Experience we have bought it,
And now to you have brought it,
Will you or not be taught it,
And sing the specie law,
C, L, A, W, claw,
Is the mainspring of that law.

CHORUS.
If you're fond of pure vexation,
And are willing to curse the nation
You're just in the situation,
To go for the specie law.

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When the party had their beginning,
They only thought of winning,
Van Buren slyly grinning,
The while our cash they draw,
Credit goes on see-saw,
The while our cash they draw,
With writs and replications,
Sheriffs and consultations,
The people have botheration,
Locofocos loudly jaw,
J, A, W, jaw,
Is the thing for the specie law.

CHORUS — If you're fond, &c.

Business snail-like creeping,
It hinders us from sleeping,
Leg treasurers only reaping,
The while our cash they draw.
Look out for the specie law,
'Twill like a blister draw.
Misery, toil, and trouble,
Makes up the hubble bubble,
They give you nothing but stubble,
And leave you a man of straw.
S, T, R, A, W, straw,
Is better then their law.

CHORUS — If you're fond, &c.

While loud for gold they're crying,
Our cash is only flying,
And they're sure to take to lying,
If ever you find a flaw.
And then like any jackdaw,
They prate of the specie law.
In a rotten stick their trust is,
You'll find the bubble burst is,
And if you don't get justice,

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You'll get enough of their law,
C, L, A, W, claw,
Is the object of their law.

CHORUS — If you're fond, &c.

If your life is all sugar and honey,
And fortune is always sunny,
And you want to get rid of your money,
I advise you to go for the law,
Like the ice in a rapid thaw,
Your cash will melt awa'.
We'll go for Harrison, therefore,
Without a why or wherefore,
Reform we have a care for,
And constitutional law.
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah,
For Harrison and law.

CHORUS.
We'll go for Harrison, therefore,
Without a why or wherefore,
And him we will hurrah for,
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah.