Gay pleasure’s the theme, and sweet smiles are our treat;

Our morning’s a round of good-humoured delight,

And we rattle, in comfort, to pleasure at night.

In the country, how sprightly! our visits we make

Through ten miles of mud, for Formality’s sake;

With the coachman in drink, and the moon in a fog,

And no thought in our head but a ditch or a bog.

In London the spirits are cheerful and light,

All places are gay and all faces are bright;

We’ve ever new joys, and revived by each whim,