Then I was one of the ——’s editors,
But had to cut to dodge my creditors.
Faking oranges I tried next on,
Then for a while I dug as a sexton.
For seven trips I was a slaver,
Then, as a barber, I turned shaver.
After that I worked as pirate,
For all the naval sharps to fire at.
Then nigger minstrel, then a sorter,
Off an’ on, shorthand reporter.