Out of which I now drink to sweet Nan of the Vale,
Was once Toby Filpot, etc.
The Rev. Francis Fawkes, famous in his day as a translator of the classics, is the reputed author of the song.
[P. 248.] The Almack's Adieu and The Knightly Guerdon. These are varied parodies of a one-time popular song:
Your Molly has never been false, she declares,
Since the last time we parted at Wapping Old Stairs;
When I vowed I would ever continue the same,
And gave you the 'Bacco Box marked with my name.
When I passed a whole fortnight between decks with you,
Did I e'er give a kiss, Tom, to one of the crew?