In a way that’s most sublime
To the throbbing of the belles,
Of the belles, belles, belles,
To the bobbing of the swells,
Of the swells, swells, swells,
Swells, swells, swells,
To the measure and the pleasure of the swells.
T. F. Dillon Croker.
The Royal Dramatic College Annual. July, 1868.