And so at last I took to sucking eggs;

My uncle in the best friend that I’ve got,

He keeps a pawnshop close to Leicester Square,

And sometimes I drop in, when I’m rather short of tin,

For I know what it is to be there!

(Chorus.)—To be there, &c.

To Epsom I went down one Derby day,

And thought that I should have a jolly spree,

When a fellow came and wanted me to pay,

He said he backed the winning horse with me;