Half greenhouse, half theatre, it hasn’t the zest,
It’s right small potatoes compared to “Wild West.”
So come to the “Yankeries”—Earl’s Court is best
Place for a ticket—the Bully Wild West!
From Max in the Metropolis. By Max P. Romer. 1887.
George Routledge & Sons. London.
A parody of Samuel Lover’s The Low-Backed Car, entitled The Gin Shop Bar, was written by J. A. Hardwick. It was, however, very coarse and slangy. Another long parody was in Diogenes, Volume III, 1854, entitled The Haughty Czar:
When first I saw the Emperor,
’Twas on the Ascot day.
Beside our gracious Queen he sat,