Yet moochin' arch-screevers, [8] Concoctin' deceivers, Chaps as reap like their own What by tothers were sown; IV Piratical fakers [9] Of bosh by the acres, These muck-worms of trash Cut, oh, a great dash. V But, there, it don't matter Since, to cut it still fatter, By 'ook and by crook Ve've got up this book. VI Tell ye 'ow? Vy in rum kens, [10] In flash cribs and slum dens, [11] I' the alleys and courts, 'Mong the doocedest sorts; VII When jawin' with Jillie Or Mag and 'er Billie, Ve shoved down in black Their illigant clack. [12] VIII So from hartful young dodgers, From vaxy old codgers, [13] From the blowens ve got [14] Soon to know vot is vot. IX Now then there is yer sumptuous Tuck-in of most scrumptious, And dainty mag-pie! [15] Will ye jes' come and try? [1: thieves] [2: money] [3: imprisoned] [4: hung] [5: counterfeiters; pickpockets] [6: magistrates] [7: police; informers] [8: prowling; begging letter writers] [9: writers of "blood and thunder"] [10: queer places] [11: thieves' resorts] [12: talk] [13: men] [14: prostitutes] [15: speech] VILLON'S GOOD-NIGHT [1887] [By WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY]. I You bible-sharps that thump on tubs, [1] You lurkers on the Abram-sham, [2] You sponges miking round the pubs, [3] You flymy titters fond of flam, [4] You judes that clobber for the stramm, [5] You ponces good at talking tall, With fawneys on your dexter famm-- [6] A mot's good-night to one and all! [7] II Likewise you molls that flash your bubs [8] For swells to spot and stand you sam, [9] You bleeding bonnets, pugs, and subs, You swatchel-coves that pitch and slam. [10] You magsmen bold that work the cram, [11] You flats and joskins great and small, Gay grass-widows and lawful-jam-- [12] A mot's good-night to one and all! III For you, you coppers, narks, and dubs, [13] Who pinched me when upon the snam, [14] And gave me mumps and mulligrubs [15] With skilly and swill that made me clam, [16] At you I merely lift my gam-- [17] I drink your health against the wall! [18] That is the sort of man I am, A mot's good-night to one and all! _The Farewell_. Paste 'em, and larrup 'em, and lamm! Give Kennedy, and make 'em crawl! [19] I do not care one bloody damn, A mot's good-night to one and all. [1: false clericos] [2: beggar feigning sickness] [3: cadgers; loafing] [4: saucy girls; non-sense] [5: women dress; game] [6: rings; right hand] [7: harlot] [8: prostitutes; expose paps] [9: see; pay for] [10: Punch-and-judy-man] [11: pattering tradesman] [12: wife] [13: police; informers; warders] [14: arrested; stealing] [15: "the blues"] [16: refuse food] [17: leg] [18: urinate] [19: thrash them and make them stir] VILLON'S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES [Notes] [1887] [By WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY]. _'Tout aux tavernes et aux filles'_ I