"How much more pleasant to be here,
"With friends to drink a social drop
"Of Wyatt's ale, or Barclay's beer,
"Than plodding in a humbug shop!
"'Twas Dad that taught me first to swill,
"(Come pass the pewter pot, and end it),
"And, whilst there's money in the till,
"The ould un knows that I will spend it."
Careers so brilliant why impede?
Vain every effort to instruct you!