The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook

by Theodore Edward Hook

And croak'd like a frog in a fen—fen,

And croak'd like a frog in a fen.

I vow'd to have vengeance, and then, oh then,

I vow'd to have vengeance, and then

'Tis a vulgar belief,

At catching a thief,

An accomplice is equal to ten—ten,

An accomplice is equal to ten.

So I turn'd informer, and then, oh then,

I turn'd informer, and then