TRANSLATION.
Once on a time a Gipsy stole a turkey, and then met a policeman on the road. “Where did you steal that turkey?” asked the policeman. “It’s no turkey; it’s a goose that I bought in the town to give you.” “Fact,” said the policeman, “it is the finest goose I ever saw. Where did you buy it?”
Yes, many’s the time I have given a shilling (three fourpence) to a policeman to let me pitch my tent with the children. [{209}]