R. Caldecott's First Collection of Pictures and Songs

Showing how he went father than he intended, and came safe home again.
JOHN GILPIN was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he,
Of famous London town.
John Gilpin’s spouse said to her dear,
“Though wedded we have been
These twice ten tedious years, yet we
No holiday have seen.
“To-morrow is our wedding-day,
And we will then repair
Unto the “Bell” at Edmonton,