But gallantly he went to work, regardless of the tin,
And though not certain of success he did his best to win.
Like a fine Old English Pugilist,
One of the olden time!
Those were the days when Ben the Big and Johnson fought of old,
Mendoza, Humphries, Bristol Pearce, and both the Belchers bold,
That was, I mention it with pride, Pancratia’s age of gold,
When men, like cattle in a fair, were neither bought nor sold,
But shone true British Pugilists,
Men of the olden time!