“Yes, when you’ve paid for the first one!
Of all the young rascals who come here,
You really are the worst one!”
The youngster fell!—He had paid the cash,
He’d got it for a wonder—
When over the step he tumbled—smash!
His jug was broken asunder.
He picked himself up:—Hurt? not he;
He looked down at the running liquor:
“Well, if I’d taken it home,” quoth he,