All In The Family Way. A New Pastoral Ballad.

(SUNG IN THE CHARACTER OF BRITANNIA.)             "The Public Debt is due from ourselves to ourselves, and resolves             itself into a Family Account."--Sir Robert Peel's Letter.     Tune--My banks are all furnisht with bees.     My banks are all furnisht with rags,         So thick, even Freddy can't thin 'em;     I've torn up my old money-bags,         Having little or nought to put in 'em.     My tradesmen are smashing by dozens,         But this is all nothing, they say;     For bankrupts since Adam are cousins,--         So, it's all in the family way.     My Debt not a penny takes from me.         As sages the matter explain;--     Bob owes it to Tom, and then Tommy         Just owes it to Bob back again.     Since all have thus taken to owing,         There's nobody left that can pay;     And this is the way to keep going,--         All quite in the family way.     My senators vote away millions,         To put in Prosperity's budget;     And tho' it were billions or trillions,         The generous rogues wouldnt grudge it.     'Tis all but a family hop,         'Twas Pitt began dancing the hay;     Hands round!--why the deuce should we stop?         'Tis all in the family way.     My laborers used to eat mutton,         As any great man of the State does;     And now the poor devils are put on         Small rations of tea and potatoes.     But cheer up, John, Sawney, and Paddy,         The King is your father, they say;     So even if you starve for your Daddy,         'Tis all in the family way.     My rich manufacturers tumble,         My poor ones have nothing to chew;     And even if themselves do not grumble         Their stomachs undoubtedly do.     But coolly to fast en famille,         Is as good for the soul as to pray;     And famine itself is genteel,         When one starves in a family way.     I have found out a secret for Freddy,         A secret for next Budget day;     Tho' perhaps he may know it already,         As he too's a sage in his way.     When next for the Treasury scene he         Announces "the Devil to pay,"     Let him write on the bills, "nota bene,         "'Tis all in the family way."