What saw you at Brandenburgh,--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? What saw you at Brandenburgh, ho? --We saw a great dame, With a face red as flame, And a character spotless as snow----snow, And a character spotless as snow.

And what said her Majesty--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? What said her Majesty, ho? --What I understood's, She's come for our goods, And when she has got them, she'll go----go, And when she has got them, she'll go.

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And who were attending her--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? Who were attending her, ho? Lord Hood for a man, For a Maid, Lady Anne, And Alderman Wood for a beau----beau, And Alderman Wood for a beau.

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And the Alderman's family--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? The Alderman's family, ho? --Yes--Georgy, and Kitty, One fat--t'other pretty, And the son who was brought up at Bow----Bow, The son who was brought up at Bow.

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And had she no Countesses--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? Had she no Countesses, ho? --O yes!--painted Jersey, Who might have worn kersey, Had folks their deserts here, below----low, Had folks their deserts here below.

And had she no other, Ma'am--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? Had she no other, Ma'am, ho? --There was one Lady Grey, Whose temper, they say, Like her Lord's, is as sweet as a sloe----sloe, Like her Lord's, is as sweet as a sloe.

Was no one from Croxteth there--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? No one from Croxteth there, ho? --Oh, no--Lady Sefton Would sooner have left town, Both her and her daughters--than go----go, Both her and her daughters--than go.

And had she no Commoners--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? Had she no Commoners, ho? --I happen'd to look, And could find in her book Only Fergusson, Taylor, and Co.----Co., Fergusson, Taylor, and Co.

And had she no son-in-law--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? Had she no son-in-law, ho? --Yes; time-serving Leopold, A puppet that we uphold, Though neither for use nor for show----show, Neither for use nor for show.

And did they meet tenderly--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? Did they meet tenderly, ho? --They were both so intent, About taxes and rent, That they never once thought of their woe----woe, They never once thought of their woe.

And had she no Counsellors--Heigh, Ma'am, ho, Ma'am? Had she no Counsellors, ho? --Yes; one Mr. Brougham, Who sneak'd out of her room, Pretending the Circuit to go----go, Pretending the Circuit to go.