Beeswax and turpentine make the best of plaster,
The more you try to pull it off, it’s sure to stick the faster.
I’ll buy a horse and hire a gig,
And all the world shall have a jig;
And you and I’ll do all we can
To push the business on,
To push the business on;
And we’ll do all that ever we can
To push the business on.

—Brigg, Lincolnshire (Miss Barker, from a Lincolnshire friend).

III.

I’ll buy a horse and steal a gig,
And all the world shall have a jig;
And I’ll do all that ever I can
To pass the business on.
To pass the business on,
To pass the business on;
And I’ll do all that ever I can
To pass the business on.

—Wolstanton, North Staffs. (Miss Bush, Schoolmistress)

IV.

We’ll borrow a horse and steal a gig,
And round the world we’ll have a jig;
And I’ll do all that ever I can
To push the business on.

—Earls Heaton (Herbert Hardy).

V.

I’ll hire a horse and steal a gig,
And all the world shall have a jig;
And I’ll do all that ever I can
To push the business on,
To push the business on, to push the business on,
And I’ll do all that ever I can to push the business on.