A History of the Cries of London, Ancient and ModernHindley, Charles
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A History of the Cries of London, Ancient and Modern
Hindley, Charles
Cries -- England -- London; London (England) -- Social life and customs
EDWIN. And sad and silent is the ancient seat--
_Demon with Skewers._ "_Cat's M-e-a-t!_"
EDWIN. For there is a spell that none can chase away--
_Demon with Organ._ "_Poor Dog Tray!_"
EDWIN. And a charm whose power must ever bend--
_Demon with Rushes._ "_Chairs! Old chairs to mend!_"
EDWIN. And still unbanished falters on the ear--
_Demon with Can._ "_Beer! Beer, any Beer!_"
EDWIN. Still Pan and Syrinx wander through the groves--
_She Demon._ "_Any Ornaments for your fire stoves!_"
EDWIN. Thus visited is the sacred ground--
_Second Demon with Organ._ "_Bobbing all around!_"
EDWIN. Ay, and for ever, while the planet rolls--
_Demon with Fish._ "_Mackerel or Soles!_"
EDWIN. Crushed Enceladus in torment groans--
_Little Demon._ "_Stones! Hearthstones!_"
EDWIN. While laves the sea, on the glittering strand--
_Third Demon with Organ._ "_O, 'tis hard to give the hand!_"
EDWIN. While, as the cygnet nobly walks the water--
_Fourth Demon with Organ._ "_The Ratcatcher's Daughter!_"
EDWIN. And the Acropolis reveals to man--
_Fifth Demon with Organ._ "_Poor Mary Anne!_"
EDWIN. So long the presence, yes, the MENS DIVINA--
_Sixth Demon with Organ._ "_Villikins and his Dinah!_"
EDWIN. Shall breathe whereso'er the eye shoots--
_Six Dirty Germans with_-- "_The overture to Freischutz!_"
Here--EDWIN GOES MAD.
AND OUR WORK COMES TO A TIMELY
END.
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INDEX.
Addison, on London Cries, 118
Adelphi Theatre, The, 70
Aldersgate--Aldgate, 17
Ale and Wine, 6
Alexander Gell, 6
Annibale Carracci, 1
Alsatia--Its Notoriety, 26
Archers,--The City, 20
Attic-Poet, The, 146
Babies--Male and Female, 76
Bags of Mystery!, 127
Band-Cuffe-Ruffe, 71
Bankside, 22, 23, 24
Bards of Seven Dials, 161
Barrow-woman, The, 112
Bartholomew Bird, A, 76
" Fair--_see_ Ben Jonson.
Bay Cottage, Edmonton, 137
Baynard's Castle, 25
Beau-Trap, What, 154
Beaumont and Fletcher, 34
Bellman of London &c., 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
Bellman's Merry Out Cryes, 52
" Song, A, 50
" Treasury, The, 52
" Verses, 51, 53, 55
Ben Jonson's:--
Bartholomew Fair, 34, 75, 78
Costard-Mongers, 28, 34
Fish-Wives, 28
London, 16
Orange Woman, 28, 109
Silent Woman, 26, 29
Bennett--The News-cryer, 151
Billingsgate--Bummarees at, &c., 237
Bishopsgate, 17
Blacking Man, 60
Blacking--Day and Martin's, 156
" --Patent Cake, 156
Bookseller's Row, W.C., 203
Boar's Head Tavern, 8
Bridgewater Library, The, 73
Bristle--A Brush-Man, 80
British Museum--London Cries in, 56
Brompton's Chronicle, 232
Broom--Buy-a-Broom Girls, 223
Broom-men, The, 29, 32
Bucklersbury--Simple time, 21, 127
Budget--A Tinker, 81
Burbadge, R. and J. (Actors), 90
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