Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] - LightNovelsOnl.com
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[17: got rid of the plunder]
THE CHICKALEARY COVE [Notes]
[_c_. 1864]
I
I'm a 'Chickaleary bloke' with my one, two, three, [1]
Whitechapel was the village I was born in, For to get me on the hop, or on my tibby drop, [2]
You must wake up very early in the morning.
I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, [3]
And merrily together we jog on, I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, [4]
Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on. [5]
I'm a Chickaleary bloke with my one, two, three, Whitechapel was the village I born in, For to get me on the hop, or on my tibby drop, You must wake up very early in the morning.
II
Now kool my downy kicksies--the style for me, [6]
Built on a plan werry naughty, The stock around my squeeze a guiver colour see, [7]
And the vestat with the bins so rorty, [8]
My tailor serves you well, from a perger to a swell, [9]
At Groves's you're safe to make a sure pitch, [10]
For ready yenom down, there ain't a shop in town, [11]
Can lick Groves in The Cut as well as Sh.o.r.editch. [12]
I'm a Chickaleary bloke, etc.
III
Off to Paris I shall go, to show a thing or two To the dipping blokes what hangs about the caffes, [13]
How to do a cross-fam, for a super, or a slang, [14]
And to bustle them grand'armes I'd give the office: Now my pals I'm going to slope, see you soon again, I hope, My young woman is awaiting, so be quick; Now join in a chyike, the jolly we all like, [15]
I'm off with a party to the Vic.
I'm a Chickaleary bloke, etc.
[1: Whitechapel swell]
[2: got the better of me]
[3: flashly dressed; clever]
[4: halfpenny; hat]
[5: eatables; coat]
[6: look; trousers flashy cut]
[7: neck; flash]
[8: vest; pockets]
[9: teetotaller]
[10: place]
[11: money]
[12: beat]
[13: pickpockets]
[14: watch; chain]
[15: salute; shout]
BLOOMING aeSTHETIC [1882]
[From _The Rag_, 30 Sept.].
_He_
I
A dealer-in-c.o.ke young man, A wallop-his-moke young man, A slosher-of-pals, A spooning-with-gals, [1]
An ought-to-be-blowed young man.
II
A tell-a-good-whopper young man, [2]
A slogging-a-copper young man, [3]
A pay-on-the-nod, [4]
An always-in-quod, [5]
A sure-to-be-scragged young man. [6]
III
A Sunday-flash-togs young man, [7]
A pocket-of-hogs young man, [8]
A save-all-his-rhino, [9]
A cut-a-big-s.h.i.+ne, oh, Will soon-have-a-pub young man
_She_
I
A powder-and-paint young girl, Not-quite-a-saint young girl, An always-get-tight, [10]
A stay-out-all-night, Have-a-kid-in-the-end young girl. [11]
II
Make-a-bloke-a-choke young girl, Love-a-gin-soak young girl, [12]
On-the-kerb-come-a-cropper, Run-in-by-a-copper, [13]
"Fined-forty-bob "--young girl.
III
A tallow-faced-straight young girl, A never-out-late young girl, A Salvation-mummery, Smoleless-and-glummery, Kid-by-a-captain young girl.
