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Baltimore Wholesale Business Directory and Business Circular for the Year 1845
Volume 528, Page 225   View pdf image (33K)
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That Hat was a shield, and an umbrella too,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter!
No cut from a club, and no rain could drive through,
Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter!
When the rowdies in Congress made claret to flow}
As the best of men will for amusement, you know,
That Hat saved his head from a terrible blow;
Success to friend Keevil, the Hatter!

JTwas thus, you all see, that Protection began,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter!

The Hat first protected the head of the man,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter!

But the Hatters all persecute Keevil, you know;

'Tis because they can never sell hats so low,

And in doing of business he's now u all the go ;w
Success to friend Keevil, the Hatter I

The jealous may joke, and may rail at his name,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter!
But the faster he'll rise on the record of fame,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter !
For the people are not to their interest blind.
They will buy where the cheapest and best they can find,
And these qualities both in his hats are combin'd;
Success to friend Keevil, the Hatter ?

Do you know why he's able to undersell all ?

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter !
He makes them himself, and his profits are small,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter !
No two or three profits iris Hats ever bear;
A Hat that is sold at four dollars elsewhere,
He will sell for two fifty, and that's very fair;

Success to friend Keevil, the Hatter!

Then come, one and all, who would find a cheap store,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter I
'Tis in BALTIMORE STREET, number SEVENTY-FOUR,
Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter!
Come buy a cheap Hat as was ever yet made.
Far cheaper than now can be sold by the trade5
For they " can't come" the duty that Keevil has laid;
Success to friend Keevil, the Hatter !

They may rail at his prices, and ridicule more,

Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter!
But they'll find that the people will flock to his store,
Three cheers for friend Keevil, the Hatter?
His fame is fast spreading the country around,
And his profits, though small, are becoming profound.
And his Hats are in currency solid and sound ;
Success to friend Keevil, the Hatter!

 

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