The cane he had, his men to bang,

Show'd foreman of the British gang—

His name was Higginbottom. Now

'Tis meet that I should tell you how

The others came in view:

The Hand-in-Hand the race begun,

Then came the Phœnix and the Sun,

Th' Exchange, where old insurers run,

The Eagle, where the new;

With these came Rumford, Bumford, Cole,