'E made 'is pile in a snide way,-- "Down on ther nail," 'is motter-- Went to the front, and came to _stay_; Whigs might pertest and potter. 'Is game wos doin' the poor good, And doin' of it 'andsome. JACK CADE they called 'im,--which wos rude-- 'Acos 'e talked o' ransom!
Sich a smart man too! Sich a _very_ smart man! No "Lily" pride, no blue--blood affectation! Yet he somehow made yer feel That in 'im yer 'ad to deal With a gent by nature _and_ by edgercation!
You ought to seen 'im on the stump, Smart frock and stiff shirt collar; Got up regardless, clean-cut chump, Orchid for button-'oler! 'E cocked a snook at pride o' race. We shouted "Brayvo, BRUMMY! Peg on, we'll put yer in fust place; Then won't old WEG look rummy?"
Sich a smart man too! Sich a _very_ smart man! No _Rip wan Winkle_ HARTY affectation! Yet 'e somehow made yer feel That 'e jest knowed 'ow to deal With the "Gentlemen" by buth and edgercation.
Acrost 'is phiz there stole a smile, Like sunshine in November. Sez 'e, "_I_'m for the Sons o' Tile!" O yus, don't we remember! We fancied JOE wos one of hus, A cove we might ha' trusted. Now you should 'ear the Corkus cuss At the Brum bubble--busted!
Sich a smart man too! Sich a _very_ smart man! No orty scorn, no "arm-cheer" affectation! One as somehow made yer feel 'E alone knowed 'ow to deal With Allotments, Taxes and Free Edgercation!
'E chose to play at hodd man hout; 'E ain't the fust by many Wot's tried to Tommy-Dodd the rout With a two-'eaded penny. It's broke our trust; _'e_ can go 'ome With Toffdom for next neighbour. _'E_ won't cut Capital's cockscomb In the 'Oly Cause o' Labour!
Sich a snide man too! Sich a _very_ snide man! And now,--but that's 'is hartful affectation! 'E would like to make hus feel As he only "plays genteel," To give Toffs a Demmycratic Hedgercation!
_House of Commons, Monday, March 7._--JOKIM in a bad way to-night. People are wanting to know how it has come about that TATE's offer of £80,000 for Picture Gallery, with £80,000 worth of pictures thrown in to start it, has, after long correspondence with CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER, been withdrawn. JOKIM rises to explain.
"What I should really like to do," he whispered to me, in confidence, "is to give him one for his _tête_, as we say in cribbage. But suppose I must speak him fair." Did his best in that direction though undercurrent of observation in lengthy paper he read decidedly set in direction of making TATE out as a cantankerous wrong-headed person who, proposing to bestow some £160,000 in way of free gift, expected to have his wishes consulted in such matter of detail as selection of site for Gallery.