The victory was ours,

Brave O. P. loudly roars,

At the fight,

On that night,

In the new-built playhouse, O!

From The Covent Garden Journal. Vol. 2, (London 1810). Containing an account of the O. P. (old prices) riots at the New Covent Garden Theatre.


The Bay of Chelsea, Oh!

Loud roar’d the smoking funnel,

The blacks came down in showers;