[1: Whitechapel swell] [2: got the better of me] [3: flashly dressed; clever] [4: halfpenny; hat] [5: eatables; coat] [6: look; trousers flashy cut] [7: neck; flash] [8: vest; pockets] [9: teetotaller] [10: place] [11: money] [12: beat] [13: pickpockets] [14: watch; chain] [15: salute; shout]
BLOOMING ÆSTHETIC [1882]
[From The Rag, 30 Sept.].
He
I
A dealer-in-coke young man,
A wallop-his-moke young man,
A slosher-of-pals,
A spooning-with-gals, [1]
An ought-to-be-blowed young man.
II
A tell-a-good-whopper young man, [2]
A slogging-a-copper young man, [3]
A pay-on-the-nod, [4]
An always-in-quod, [5]
A sure-to-be-scragged young man. [6]
III
A Sunday-flash-togs young man, [7]
A pocket-of-hogs young man, [8]
A save-all-his-rhino, [9]
A cut-a-big-shine, oh,
Will soon-have-a-pub young man