Versos English John Stephen Farmer V

English poem

V

by (1854–1916)

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{But/And} when {that/---} we come to {Tyburn/the nubbing cheat} For {going upon/running on} the budge, There stands {Jack Catch/Jack Ketch}, that son of a {whore/bitch}, That owes us all a grudge. {And/For} when that he hath {noosed/nubbed} us, And our friends {tips/tip} him no cole, {O then he throws us in the cart/He takes his chive and cuts us down}, And {tumbles/tips} us into {the/a} hole.

[An additional stanza is given in Bacchus and Venus (1737), a version which moreover contains many verbal variations].