But that the title he assumes is only a false name;
When a begging he does go, does go, does go, when a begging he does go.
The soldier, or the sailor, who accosts one in the street,
Can shew the scars he got, or tell the enemy he beat;
When a begging he does go, does go, does go, when a begging he does go.
But here's a bold impostor, the sauciest of the batch,
Who never won a fight at all, and never got a scratch;
Yet a begging he does go, does go, does go, and a begging he does go.
He has not dealt in blows and blood as silly people think,
But is a very hero,—in the way of pen and ink;