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Oh! poor old Johnny Bull has his Cup of sorrow full,

And what with underfeeding him, and leeching him, and bleeding him,

Though over-drained before, he must lose a little more,

He’ll now be bled again by the Income Tax.

And Peel[5] the state physician, has studied his condition, And daily, and hourly his own brain racks, He’s come to the conclusion, that John Bull’s constitution Is only to be saved by the Income tax.