Of this asinine practical joker,
Who early in life caused the keenest distress
To his uncle, Sir Barnaby Tatton,
By affixing a pin in the form of an S
To the chair which Sir Barnaby sat on.
His uncle had often been heard to declare
That to make him his heir he was willing;
But the point of this joke made Sir Barnaby swear
That he'd cut the boy off with a shilling.
Their anger his parents took means to express,