Till a League was started by Mr. William Black
For the purpose of putting them down;
And the sympathetic invited its efforts to back
With an annual half-a-crown.
III.
So I cheerfully paid the fee, and my name was enrolled,
And a solemn oath I swore;
(As is usual on such occasions,—or so I'm told)
That, in future, no shop or store
Which aggressively advertised any article sold