VI

"Then," says he, says Sir Richard Birnie, [14]

"I adwise you to nose on your pals, and turn the [15]

Snitch on the gang, that'll be the best vay [16]

To save your scrag." Then, without delay, [17]

He so prewailed on the treach'rous varmint

That she was noodled by the Bow St. sarmint [18]

Then the beaks they grabbed me, and to prison I vas dragged [19]

And for fourteen years of my life I vas lagged. [20]

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