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Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by John S. Farmer
page 85 of 265 (32%)
But such a sight was never seen as Mog
and her flash com-pan-ion;
Her covey was an am'rous blade,
and he buss'd young Bet on the sly, [8]
When Mog up with her daddle, bang-up to the mark, [9]
and she black'd the Bunter's eye. [10]
Singing, tol-lol-lol-lido.

IV

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]
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