ighters take a “a shove in the mouth,” though it is their bane,
Jack Ketch often has a “drop”—Scavengers a “drain”;
Pris’ners “half a yard of tape” to get in merry pin
And Actors oft get “mellow” with a “mellow dram” of Gin.
Gin, Gin, Tragic, Comic Gin, &c.
hompson’s shop on Holborn Hill is crowded like a fair,
All the taps continually running out are there;
Swing swang go the doors, while some pop out and some pop in,
Foreigners must surely think that John Bull lives on Gin.
Gin, Gin, dear seductive gin, &c.
his World was once deluged by water, drowning Son & Sire,
But when it is destroy’d again, we read ’twill be by fire;
And this must be the awful time, so prevalent is sin,
As all the wicked world do burn their insides out with Gin.
Gin, Gin, life-inspiring Gin, &c.
Tom and Jerry Catching Kate and Sue on the Sly Having their Fortunes told.
| Here lives a Fortune-Telling Gipsy, Wrinkled, crabbed, grim and old: And Tom and Jerry’s fancy ladies Are gone to get their Fortunes told. They slily view’d them, and pursued them, For to have some glorious fun. Behind the curtain, see them sporting, This is life in London Town. |
SCENE.—Interior of Fortune Teller’s Garret.