When by the gasmen “sold,”
We were left undone.
By the flame wearily,
In the smoke drearily,
On they worked cheerily.
Lighting up London.
Joseph Verey.
The Hornet, December 11, 1872.
(Published when the stokers of several of the London Gas Works were out on strike.)
The same journal also published another Parody of the Charge of Balaklava, by the same author, on “Clapham Junction,” October 23, 1872.