Words by Moore.
In Irish Melodies to the air ‘The Fox's Sleep.’
When I Went to Lunnon Town, Sirs (G.E. 15)
Probably original. The nearest I have found to it is—
The Astonished Countryman, or, a Bustling Picture of London.
When first I came to London Town,
How great was my surprise,
Thought I, the world's turned upside down,
Such wonders met my eyes.
And in The Universal Songster—
When I arrived in London Town,
I got my lesson pat, &c.
When in Death I Shall Calm Recline
Moore's Irish Melodies.
In 1833 Dickens wrote a travesty called O' Thello, in which is a humorous solo of eight lines, to be sung to the air to which the above is set.