"At any rate Oi'll risk it").

The biscuit it wuz soft an' black

By raisin ov the wet,

An' it made the foinist pill, sor,

Thot Oi've iver seen as yet;

It wuz flavoured rayther sthrongly

Wid salt wather an' tobaccy,

But, be jabers, sor, it did the thrick,

An' cured the blissid blackie!