They took a Boat, and brought the Trunks on Shore.
‘So now,’ says Ward, ‘I always work by rule,
‘The first thing you must purchase is a Mule;
‘And if you’re flush of cash, why then, of course,
‘The next thing you must purchase is a Horse.’
‘A Servant have you got?’ John answered, ‘No.’
‘Well, well,’ says Ward, ‘there’s one I think I know;
‘An honest fellow, who ’twixt you and me,
‘Is just the sort of Man, you will agree.
‘A D——n’d good Fellow, but I rather think,