The pelican had better go and peck his bowsum somewhere else, and not stop here in such distress,
A-bringing up his four little ones (with a drop of blood a-piece) to be only pelicans of the wilderness:
The industrious fleas may hop the twig as soon as they like, for one thing is very clear,
If they ain't off of their own accord, the Lord Mayor will soon help 'em off with a flea in their ear!
As for myself, I've made up my mind what to do; though, of course, I can't quite keep down my sensations,
In parting with a hanimal which I have so long looked on almost as one of my own relations;
But I shall sell my GIGANTIC DURHAM HEIFER (and so put an end to their noises and rows),
And then—as the next nearest trade—I shall take to Waccination, and go and live at Cowes!
