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,