A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) / [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)

by Henry Carey

Now he sings of Lick-spit Liar

Burning in the Brimstone Fire;

Lyar, Lyar, Lick-spit, lick,

Turn about the Candle-stick:

Now he sings of Jacky Horner

Sitting in the Chimney corner,

Eating of a Christmas-Pie,

Putting in his Thumb, Oh, fie!

Putting in, Oh, fie! his Thumb,

Pulling out, Oh, strange! a Plum.