Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by John S. Farmer
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XII Tramp it, tramp it, my jolly blowen Or be grabbed by the beaks we may. And we shall caper a-heel and toeing, Tol lol, etc. A Newgate hornpipe some fine day. [19] XIII And we shall caper a-heel and toeing A Newgate hornpipe some fine day With the mots their ogles throwing [20] Tol lol, etc. And old Cotton humming his pray. [21] XIV With the mots their ogles throwing And old Cotton humming his pray, And the fogle hunters doing Tol lol, etc. Their morning fake in the prigging lay. [1: shop; house] [2: thieving] [3: girl, strumpet, sweetheart] [4: 'cute in business] [5: spoke in slang] |
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