Then he goes back to his brother clerks, if nothing else intervenes.
And they’re neither quite as wise as judges, nor yet as grave as deans;
And a great deal is said about “flaring up,” and “going it like bricks and beans;”
And they call each other “slap up trumps!” I’m told the expression means
A fine young English gentleman, one of the present time.
Anonymous (about 1845.)
The Old English Publican.
I’ll sing you a song, a good old song, which I have sung before,
About an English publican who lived in days of yore,