This is the _Cat_[10] engaged to squall to the _poor_ in the _pigeon-holes_ over the _boxes_, let to the _great_, that visit the house that Jack built. This is _John Bull_ with a _bugle-horn_, who hissed the _Cat_ engaged to squall to the _poor_ in the _pigeon-holes_ over the _boxes_, let to the _great_, that visit the house that Jack built. This is the _thief-taker_ shaven and shorn, that took up _John Bull_ with his _bugle-horn_, who hissed the _Cat_, engaged to squall to the _poor_ in the _pigeon-holes_ over the _boxes_, let to the _great_, that visit the house that Jack built. This is the _Manager_ full of scorn, who raised the price to the people forlorn, and directed the _thief-taker_, shaven and shorn, to take up _John Bull_ with his _bugle-horn_, who hissed the _Cat_ engaged to squall to the _poor_ in the _pigeon-holes_ over the _boxes_, let to the _great_, that visit the house that Jack built. From THE REBELLION; _or, All in the Wrong_. A serio-comic Hurly-Burly, as it was performed for two months at the New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, by His Majesty’s servants, _the Players_, and his liege subjects, _the Public_. London, Vernor, Hood, & Sharp. 1809. ―――― In _The Ingoldsby Lyrics_, by R. H. Barham, collected and edited by his son, and published by Richard Bentley and Son, London, in 1881, there are several parodies, which were doubtless very amusing when they first appeared, but they are now all out of date, especially those relating to politics. Page 21. “I am partial to table and tray.”――_Cowper._ ” 43. On the London University. “The University we’ve got in town.” ” 181. “Pity the sorrows of a poor old Church.” ” 108. The House that Jack built. ” 117. Various Nursery Rhymes. ” 174. The House that Jack built. The last parody, which originally appeared in _The Spectator_, refers to the Parliamentary enquiry into the causes of the fire that destroyed the Houses of Parliament in 1834. It commences:―― This is the House that Josh burnt, These are the sticks that heated the bricks, That set fire to the house that Josh burnt. The other parody of _The House that Jack built_ refers to an action that was brought in 1825, against Mr. Peto, a builder, for a breach of contract, in consequence of some failure in the foundations of the new Custom House at London Bridge. This is the House that Jack built. This is a sleeper that propped up the House that Jack built. This is the pile that was short all the while, and wouldn’t go deeper under the sleeper, that propped up the House that Jack built. This is the Peto appointed to see to, the driving the pile that was short, etc. * * * * *