English Dictionary

Rudely forced to drink tea, Massachusetts in anger

Spills the tea on John Bull—John falls on to bang her;

Massachusetts, enraged, calls her neighbors to aid

And give Master John a severe bastinade.

Now, good men of the law, pray who is in fault,

Rudely forced to drink tea, Massachusetts in anger Spills the tea on John Bull—John falls on to bang her; Massachusetts, enraged, calls her neighbors to aid And give Master John a severe bastinade. Now, good men of the law, pray who is in fault, The one who begins or resists the assault?