English poem
Iv
by John Stephen Farmer (1854–1916)
A famble, a tattle, and two popps, Had my Boman when he was ta'en; But had he not bouz'd in the diddle shops, He'd still been in Drury-Lane.
[1: steal horses] [2: carriage thieves] [3: fancy man or sweetheart] [4: obstacles; Newgate] [5: cut fetters] [6: Breaking into a pawn-broker's] [7: imprisoned] [8: good man] [9: eat; ale-house] [10: refreshments; paid] [11: constable] [12 ring; watch; pistols] [13 gin-shops]
THE CANTER'S SERENADE [Notes] [1725]
[from The New Canting Dictionary:--"Sung early in the morning, at the barn doors where their doxies have reposed during the night"].