I’m a Chickaleary bloke, &c.


The Thieves’ Chaunt.

There is a nook in the boozing ken,[126]

Where many a mud I fog,[127]

And the smoke curls gently, while cousin Ben

Keeps filling the pots again and again,

If the coves have stump’d their hog.[128]

The liquors around are diamond bright,

And the diddle[129] is best of all;