THE DASHY, SPLASHY.... LITTLE STRINGER [Notes]
[1841]

[By LEMAN REDE, being Kit's Song in _Sixteen-String Jack_].


I

A cloudy night, and pretty hard it blow'd,
The dashy, splashy, leary little stringer, [1]
Mounted his roan, and took the road--
Phililoo!

"My Lord Cashall's on the road to-night,
Down with the lads, make my lord alight--
Ran dan row de dow, on we go!"
_Chorus_.--Ran, dan, etc.


II

"You horrid wretch," said my Lord to Rann--
The dashy, splashy, leary little stringer--
"How dare you rob a gentleman?"
Phililoo!

Says Jack, says he, with his knowing phiz, [2]