From Wiseheart’s New Comic Songster. Dublin.
Many years ago (it was in February, 1844), Punch had a parody entitled “Meet me with Wimbush alone,” alluding to Wimbush’s omnibus, which then ran from Belgrave Square to the Bank. It was jocularly reported never to carry more than one passenger at a time. But the following parody, from the same source, is not only more modern, but also more likely to appeal to the present generation, than a satire on a long forgotten omnibus:—
Red Herrings.
Meet me at breakfast alone,
And then I will give you a dish
Which really deserves to be known,
Though it’s not the genteelest of fish.
You must promise to come, for I said
A splendid red Herring I’d buy—