I’m a shrimp, I’m a shrimp, to be eaten with tea!
Another parody of the same original was sung by the late comedian, Edward Wright, as Mr. Chatterton Chopkins, in “This House to be Sold (the property of the late William Shakespeare); Enquire Within.” This was written by J. Sterling Coyne, and produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London, September 9, 1847.
I’m a Gent! I’m a Gent!
I’m a gent! I’m a gent! I’m a gent ready made;
I rove through the Quadrant and Lowther Arcade;
I’m a register’d swell from the head to the toe;
I wear a moustache and a light paletôt.
I’ve a cane in my hand, and a glass in my eye;
And I wink at the girls as I pass them by.