The ghost of Mirabeau's address to the London Revolution Society!!! A new ballad to an old tune. ...
Mirabeau's address is printed below the etching in eight stanzas including the following: I. Ah! ha! Bon-vivants, vat you litel did tink, Ven in de great cauldron you made de grande stink, That from Styx piping hot, and amusements below, It would raise your old friend de vonce-fam'd Mirabeau. Derry down, &c. ... VII. De French Revolution, begar! vas fine ting; In praise of each citizen now let us sing! A fig for Burke's book, and the noise it has made - You see after death I still wear de cockade. Derry down, &c. VIII. De battle Poictiers all de Frenchmen remember, And Cressy's defeat make dem cold as December; But here's D'Eon's famed toast, drinking joys to enhance, Old England for ever! and likewise New France! Derry down, &c.