But I would give fair London town, its court, and all its people,
For the little town of Biddenden, with the moon above the steeple.
"It's wonderful, it's wonderful, to see what pretty faces
In London streets
A person meets
In very funny places;
But I wouldn't give for all the eyes in London town one sees,
A pair, that by the moonlight, looks out beneath the trees.
"It's wonderful, in London town, how soon a man may hold,
By art and sleight,
Or main and might,
A pretty sum of gold;