Then, my decoys! Ah! them’s the boys! In patience and in skill I am
The cove to catch a big bird-batch, and qvite a match for VILL-I-AM!”
Old VILLIAM and young Vistling JOE are rivals, vot vere pardners!
And some vill back the Brummyites, and some the Grand Old Harward’ners;
But vichsoever from the fight of victory be the snatcher,
The Midlands own a champion in the Brummagem Birdcatcher.
Mrs. Gusher. “OH, GOOD-BYE, SIR JOHN. SO SORRY NOT TO HAVE FOUND YOUR MOST CHARMING WIFE AT HOME.”
Sir John. “THANKS—THANKS! BY THE WAY, LET ME ASSURE YOU I’VE ONLY GOT ONE,—AND—”