My new straw hat that's trimly lin'd with green,
Let Peggy wear.

My new straw hat that's trimly lin'd with green,
Let Peggy wear.

I know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
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I know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
But the old three-cornered hat
And the breeches and all that
Are so queer.

A hat not much worse for wear.

A hat not much worse for wear.

So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat,
While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat.

So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat,
While Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimmed hat.

"Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte
I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde
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"Sye," he seyd, "be the same hatte
I can knowe yf my wyfe be badde
To me by eny other man;
If my floures ouver fade or falle,
Then doth my wyfe me wrong wyth alle
As many a woman can."

The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.

The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.

The Quaker loves an ample brim,
A hat that bows to no Salaam;
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The Quaker loves an ample brim,
A hat that bows to no Salaam;
And dear the beaver is to him
As if it never made a dam.

One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.

One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.