I'm Yorkshire, tho' in London."

My pockets soon I rummish'd over,

Cautious ever, cautious ever;

My pockets soon I rummish'd over,

Found there a diamond ring, sir;

For I had this precaution took,

In each to stick a small fish hook;

So in grapling for my pocket book,

The barb had strip'd her finger.

Three weeks I've been in London town,