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

by Theodore Edward Hook

But a begging he does go, does go, does go, but a begging he does go.

And thus he can produce us, of the battles he has seen,

Certificates on paper—having none upon his skin,

When a begging he does go, does go, does go, when a begging he does go.

While other soldiers Paris took, and France at freedom set,

This rival hero storm'd a jail, and rescued Lavalette.

And a begging he did go, did go, did go, and a begging he did go.

So as from no French foeman's head he ere won laurel leaf,

He hires a French advocate to praise him from his brief;

And a begging he does go, does go, does go, and a begging he does go.