In face, as was his cap,

And though he seldom tasted wine,

A port-ly sort of chap.

This man one day in passing by,

In taste for what she'd got,

Saw Biddy's stall—and 'twas her fate

To sell to him a lot!

She thought his manners very sweet,

He gave so fond a gaze;

(But dashing blades of such like trades