Than by wasting your time and your money on billiards,
For take it as true, be you sage or buffoon,
You are sure to find Nick in a billiard saloon.
One word more,
If a score
Will make the game o’er,
Just “shop” your opponent, and bolt through the door.
From Rare Bits, in which paper several other imitations of the Ingoldsby Legends have appeared.
A Row in the Upper Circles.