I
He took the knock! No more with jaunty air [1]
He'll have the "push" that made the punter stare;
No more in monkeys now odds on he'll lay [2]
And make the ever grumbling fielder gay.
One plunger more has had his little flare [3]
And then came to Monday when he couldn't "square"; [4]
Stripped of his plunees a poor denuded J [5]
He took the knock!
Where is he now? Ah! echo answers "where"?
Upon the turf he had his little day
And when, stone-broke, he could no longer pay [6]
Leaving the ring to gnash its teeth and swear
He took the knock!
[1: gave in] [2: £500] [3: opportunity] [4: pay up] [5: fellow] [6: ruined]
THE RHYME OF THE RUSHER [1892]
[By DOSS CHIDERDOSS in Sporting Times, 29 Oct. In
Appropriate Rhyming Slanguage].
I
I was out one night on the strict teetote, [1]
'Cause I couldn't afford a drain;
I was wearing a leaky I'm afloat, [2]
And it started to France and Spain. [3]
But a toff was mixed in a bull and cow, [4]
And I helped him to do a bunk; [5]
He had been on the I'm so tap, and now [6]
He was slightly elephant's trunk. [7]
II
He offered to stand me a booze, so I [8]
Took him round to the "Mug's Retreat;"
And my round the houses I tried to dry [9]
By the Anna Maria's heat. [10]
He stuck to the I'm so to drown his cares,
While I went for the far and near, [11]
Until the clock on the apples and pears [12]
Gave the office for us to clear. [13]