Now this brought on a general fight,
Lord, what a gallows row-- [11]
With whacks and thumps throughout the night,
till "drunk as David's sow"-- [12]
Milling up and down--with cut heads,
and lots of broken ribs, [13]
But the lark being over--they ginned themselves
at jolly Tom Cribb's.
Singing, tol-lol-lol-lido.
[1: woman or harlot]
[2: Silk-handkerchief; Notes; paps; went]
[3: stole]
[4: sweetheart]
[5: gaoled; transported]
[6: money; pocket]
[7: Notes]
[8: kissed]
[9: fist; straight to the spot]
[10: rag-gatherer]
[11: great shindy]
[12: Notes]
[13: fighting]
"THE NIGHT BEFORE LARRY WAS STRETCHED" [Notes]
[c; 1816]
I
The night before Larry was stretch'd,
The boys they all paid him a visit;
A bit in their sacks, too, they fetch'd--
They sweated their duds till they riz it; [1]
For Larry was always the lad,
When a friend was condemn'd to the squeezer, [2]
But he'd pawn, all the togs that he had, [3]
Just to help the poor boy to a sneezer, [4]
And moisten his gob 'fore he died.