Chief Allfudge's Instructions to the New York Police, In Verse, By an Up-Town Democrat

by John Mildrum

I.

Ye chosen guardians of New York,

Bred ‘mongst rural shades,

Innured to cutting wood and hay,

And handling hoes and spades,

And bolting luscious pork and beans­—

Corn, squash and loaves of rye,

With appetites as sharp and keen

As grunters in the stye.

II .

I am “Great Allfudge,” you must know—

­A most courageous man

As ever cracked nuts or human skulls,

Since this great world began!

I am “Great Allfudge" you well know,

Appointed by the State

To purge New York of filth and crime—

All nuisances abate.               

III.

With half an eye I can detect

A rogue at the first sight;