VII
Oh, donnys and omees, what gives me the spur, [20]
Is, I'm told by a mug (he tells whoppers), [21]
That I ought to have greased to have kept out of stir [22]
The dukes of the narks and the coppers. [23]
[1: boys] [2: rail; ticket] [3: basket] [4: see; horse; go for; silver plate] [5: steal; linen] [6: boots; clothes] [7: £5 notes; pocket] [8: watch; chain; gold] [9: diamond pin] [10: ticket] [11: detective; closely scanning me] [12: said; search you] [13: ran; tea; chased me] [14: knife] [15: burglars tools; caught] [16: remanded; years] [17: mistress] [18: friends; set] [19: £5 notes; shillings] [20: girl; fellows] [21: man] [22: bribed] [23: hands; detectives; police]
THE RONDEAU OF THE KNOCK [1890]
[By "DAGONET" (G. R. SIMS) in Referee, 20 Ap. p. 7].