From Attempts in Verse, by John Jones, an old servant.
(Edited by Robert Southey, Poet Laureate. 1831.)
By a Glasgow Bookmaker.
(Dedicated to G. Anderson, M.P.)
George Anderson my Geo., George, before you did invent
That Bill of yours, I made a book on every big event;
But now my book is blank, George, and now my purse is low,
So cusses on your Betting Bill, George Anderson, my Geo.
George Anderson, my Geo., George, my clerk and I together,
With lists in hand, would brave it out, in fine or rainy weather;