A HUNDRED STRETCHES HENCE

Oh! where will be the culls of the bing

A hundred stretches hence?

The bene morts, who sweetly sing,

A hundred stretches hence?

The autum-cacklers, autum-coves,

The jolly blade who wildly roves;

And where the buffer, bruiser, blowen,

And all the cops and beaks so knowin',

A hundred stretches hence?

And where the swag, so bleakly pinched,

A hundred stretches hence?

The thimbles, slang, and danglers filched,

A hundred stretches hence?

The chips, the fawneys, chatty-feeders,

The bugs, the boungs, and well-filled readers;

And where the fence and snoozing-ken,

With all the prigs and lushing men,

A hundred stretches hence?

Played out their lay, it will be said

A hundred stretches hence,

With shovels they were put to bed

A hundred stretches since!

Some rubbed to whit had napped a winder,

And some were scragged and took a blinder,

Planted the swag, and lost to sight,

We'll bid them, one and all, good night,

A hundred stretches hence.

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