[1: feet] [2: hair] [3: eyes] [4: breast] [5: nose] [6: teeth] [7: mouth] [8: knees] [9: wife] [10: dog] [11: flee] [12: tail] [13: lark] [14: breeches] [15: legs] [16: slop = policeman] [17: devil] [18: drunk] [19: voice] [20: hair]
A PLANK BED BALLAD [1888]
[By "DAGONET" (G. R. SIMS) in Referee, 12 Feb.].
I
Understand, if you please, I'm a travelling thief,
The gonophs all call me the gypsy; [1]
By the rattler I ride when I've taken my brief, [2]
And I sling on my back an old kipsey. [3]
II
If I pipe a good chat, why, I touch for the wedge, [4]
But I'm not a "particular" robber;
I smug any snowy I see on the hedge, [5]
And I ain't above daisies and clobber. [6]
III
One day I'd a spree with two firms in my brigh, [7]
And a toy and a tackle—both red 'uns; [8]
And a spark prop a pal (a good screwsman) and I [9]
Had touched for in working two dead 'uns.