Punch (58.1870)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[Januabt 15, 1870

Aunt Virginia. " Good Gracious, Girls, I declare I'm quite Afraid to Get Out ! Look at the Cabman ! He's got

Mistletoe in his Hat ! ! "

ROME'S UPS AND DOWNS.

{As Sung before a Select Committee of the (Ecumenical Council.)

When Europe was dark, O then and 0 then,
When Europe was dark, O then !

The Church was at ease,

Men obeyed its decrees,
And the world it went very well then, and 0 then!
The world it went very well then.

When learning revived, O then and 0 then !
When learning revived, O then !

Men opened the Book,

And thereinto did look,
And the world it went very ill then, and 0 then !
The world it went very ill then.

When people believed, O then and 0 then!
When people believed, O then!

The Earth to be flat,

Heaven's vault above that,
The world it went very well then, and O then !
The world it went very well then.

But when Galileo, O then and 0 then !
But when Galileo, O then!

Did prove the Earth spun

Around the fixed Sun
The world it went very ill then, and 0 then !
The world it went very ill then.

When Luther arose, 0 then and 0 then!
When Luther arose, 0 then

Our dominion he split,

And lopped off a great bit,
And the world it went very ill then, and O then !
The world it went very ill then.

When Bishops were burnt, O then and 0 then !
When Bishops were burnt, 0 then !

Alive heretics fried

Who our dogmas denied,
The world it went very well then, and 0 then i
The world it went very well then !

When stripped of our masterdom, then, and 0 then !
When stripped of our masterdom, then,

We were forced by the State

To be subordinate ;
The world it went very ill then, and 0 then !
The world it went very ill then.

Since we can't gag philosophers, then, and 0 then !
Since we can't gag philosophers, then,

In this day of reverse,

Modern science let's curse ;
And you '11 see how the world will go then, and 0 then!
You '11 see how the world will go then.

Vive Leap-Frog !

So the amiable young Duke of Genoa is not to be afflicted with the
Crown of Spain. Punch congratulates him. Much better to be a
When Borne made him recant, O then and 0 then ! Erog at Harrow in England than a toad under a Harrow in Spain.

When Borne made him recant, O then !
The Church had the might
To make wrong owned for right,
And the world it went very well then, and 0 then !

The world it went very well then. A Private Box.—A Sentry Box.

Tobacco-Stoppers.—Men who Stay to'Smoke.