On a skewer—come and buy;

From Hyde Park Corner to Wapping Wall,

All the year I cats’ meat bawl;

Cats’ meat—cats’ meat—meat, I cry,

On a skewer—come and buy.

From The Book of Cats, by C. H. Ross. 1868.


The Whip’s Song.

(After Ben Jonson.)

Come to my lobby with thy vote,