English poem
Ii
by John Stephen Farmer (1854–1916)
He offered to stand me a booze, so I Took him round to the "Mug's Retreat;" And my round the houses I tried to dry By the Anna Maria's heat. He stuck to the I'm so to drown his cares, While I went for the far and near, Until the clock on the apples and pears Gave the office for us to clear.