English poem
Ii
by John Stephen Farmer (1854–1916)
With faces of wallnut, And bladder and smallgut, We're come scraping and singing to rouse ye; Rise, shake off your straw, And prepare you each maw To kiss, eat, and drink till you're bouzy.
[1: women; girls] [2: beggars [Notes]] [3: mouth] [4: drunk,]
"RETOURE MY DEAR DELL" [Notes] [1725]
[From The New Canting Dictionary]