FAIR PLAY FOR TICHBORNE AND KENEALY by ANONYMOUS

Give me the man of honest heart,
I like no two-faced dodger,
But one who nobly speaks his part,
Like Kenealy did for Roger;
One honest lawyer's found at last
Who'll ne'er desert his client,
He knows right well the cause is just,
He stands up like a giant.

* * *

Now when the big-wigs found that he
To them would not be suing,
They knocked their wigs together, boys,
And swore they'd be his ruin;
We dare not do it publicly
For fear 'twould cause a riot,
So we'll get the Gray's Inn Benchers
To do it on the quiet.

Sir Roger bears up like a man,
His spirit never lacking,
When he gets out there is no doubt
He'll give his foes a whacking;
His mother worried to her grave,
Her son they'd like to settle,
But Roger shows the world he's made
Of good old English metal.

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