Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by John S. Farmer
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"Vhy, then," says she, "come tip's your dad, [13]
And let us take a drap of gin, And may I choke with hard-roed shad If I forsake my Joe Herring." Four a shilling, etc. [1: mouth; silk handkerchief] [2: kiss] [3: talk like that] [4: fought] [5: eyes] [6: acted strangely] [7: be off] [8: took as a mistress] [9: gaol] [10: walk] [11: crying] [12: paps] [13: shake hands] MY MUGGING MAID [Notes] [1826] [By JAMES BRUTON. _Universal Songster_, iii. 103]. I |
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