Well, to my muttons! I purchased the concern,
And clapt it i’ my poke, having given for same
By way o’ chop, swop, barter or exchange—
“Chop” was my snickering dandiprat’s own term—
One shilling and fourpence, current coin o’ the realm.
O-n-e one and f-o-u-r four
Pence, one and fourpence—you are with me, sir?
What hour it skills not: ten or eleven o’ the clock,
One day (and what a roaring day it was
Go shop or sightsee—bard spit o’ rain!)