IV
Ere her bull-dog I could stop
She had called a 'ginger pop,' [16]
Who said, 'What the "Henry Meville" [17]
Do you think you're doing there?'
And I heard as off I slunk,
'Why, the fellow's "Jumbo's trunk!" [18]
And the 'Walter Joyce' was Tottie's [19]
With the golden 'Barnet Fair.' [20]
[1: feet] [2: hair] [3: eyes] [4: breast] [5: nose] [6: teeth] [7: mouth] [8: knees] [9: wife] [10: dog] [11: flee] [12: tail] [13: lark] [14: breeches] [15: legs] [16: slop = policeman] [17: devil] [18: drunk] [19: voice] [20: hair]
A PLANK BED BALLAD [1888]
[By "DAGONET" (G. R. SIMS) in Referee, 12 Feb.].