Lors il parla de l'echaufaud, Et de sa dernière cravate; Grands dieux! que ça paraissait beau De la voïr mourir en Socrate! Le trajet en chantant il fit-- La chanson point ne fut un pseaume; Mais palit un peu quand il vit La statute de Roy Guillaume-- Les pendards n'aiment pas ce roi! Quand fut au bout de son voyage, Le gibet fut prêt en un clin: Mourant îl tourna de visage Vers la bonne ville de Dublin. Il dansa la carmagnole, Et mount comme fit Malbrouck; Puis nous enterrâmes le drôle Au cimetière de Donnybrook Que son âme y soit en repos! Stanza V, line 3. _Kilmainham_, a gaol near Dublin. Stanza VI, line 7. _King William_, the statute of William III erected on College Green in commemoration of the Battle of the Boyne. It was long the object of much contumely on the part of the Nationalists. It was blown to pieces in 1836, but was subsequently restored. _The Song of the Young Prig_ Said to have been written by Little Arthur Chambers, the Prince of Prigs, who was one of the most expert thieves of his time. He began to steal when he was in petticoats, and died a short time before Jack Sheppard came into notice. Internal evidence, however, renders this attributed authorship very improbable. Stanza I, line 1. _Dyots Isle, i.e.,_ Dyot St., St. Giles, afterwards called George St. Bloomsbury, was a well-known rookery where thieves and their associates congregated. Stanza II, line 3. _And I my reading learnt betime From studying pocket-books._ "Pocket-book" = reader. Stanza IV, line 1. _To work capital_ = to commit a crime punishable with death. Previous to 1829 many offences, now thought comparatively trivial, were deemed to merit the extreme penalty of the law. _The Milling Match_