"I'll promise to wed the boy
Who takes me to-morrow to Epsom Race!"
(Which I would have done, with joy.)
From Johnny escaped an expression of pain,
But Jimmy said, "Done with you!
I'll take you with pleasure, my Emily Jane"
(And I would have said so too).
John lay on the ground, and he roared like mad
(For Johnny was sore perplexed),