The Anglican Friar, and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook / A Comic Legend

by active 19th century Novice

Then again the wild dance
Does each young toe entrance.

Then again the wild dance

Does each young toe entrance,

And p'rhaps many an old one beside.

There's antique Miss O'Riley

Has coaxed Donoghue slily

Just to waltz, which he ne'er before tried.

For she chatted so pretty,

And talked, oh, so witty,

That he guessed at her age rather wide.