Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]Farmer, John Stephen
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Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]
Farmer, John Stephen
Cant -- Great Britain; English language -- Slang; Songs, English -- Texts
THE [SUFFERING?]
It ain't' cos they don't give us grub enough,
It ain't' cos they don't give us clo'es:
It's a-cos all we light-fingred gentery
(_Whistle_).
Goes about with a log on our toes.
THE PRAYER.
Oh, had I the wings of a turtle-dove,
Across the broad ocean I'd fly,
Right into the arms of my Policy love
(_Whistle_).
And on her soft bosum I'd lie!
THE MORRELL.
Now, all you young wi-counts and duchesses,
Take warning by wot I've to say,
And mind all your own wot you touches is,
(_Whistle_).
Or you'll jine us in Botinny Bay!
Oh!!!
Ri-chooral, ri-chooral, ri-addiday,
Ri-chooral, ri-chooral, iday.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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