I ACHIEVED my success, as a young diner-out,
Through my great conversational talents, no doubt;
For of humour and wit I was blest with a store,
And I kept the whole table, by Jove, in a roar
With my waggery, ah!
My waggery, oh!
How the company grinn'd at my waggery, oh!
You could never extort a remark out of me
Which was not overflowing with quaint repartee.
And, when people thought proper to cavil or carp