And, turning to the potato man, asked what he would take to drink.
And so the sprat had been set, and the herring had been caught!
A parody of a somewhat more spiteful character appeared in Punch, August 23, 1856, but the circumstances to which it alluded are now forgotten, so that the parody lacks interest: a few verses only need be quoted:—
The Queen of Oude.
(NOT)
By Martin Farquhar Tupper, Esq.
The Queen of Oude,
Which is so proud,
She never will get boozy,
Has crossed the seas,