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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign 2015








The Policeman who Prigged the
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1 have sot into a woeful mess,
Good folks l am at least then-,
Got shoved into Newgate bang,
V poor forlorn policeman.
I have done a deed as yon may read, and much I do regard it,
I piigg'd a lht!e bit of meat One day'iu Honey-market.
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i am depiived oh, dear oh. desr,
Of my lauthern cap and button. Because in Honey-lane -market i did; v little bit of mutton.	( steal,
They sent me out to catch the thieve» and stop them with their booty, They round the Poultry knew me well Because x was there on duty.
The folks round Honey-lane-market oh. lawk 1 was a glutton,
And m stei greasy butcher swore aloud x origged" the mutton.
A mutton shop Is very good Now i think so at least then, i was devilish tSbr.d of mutton soup,.
When i was a policeman, pt does exceed veal, lamb and beef,.
Or else i am mistaken,
So help my hob.a mutton chop. Exceeds a pound of bacon.
Policemen r. 11 take my advice
Brush your coats & clfcan your but-. $)onT in honey lane market go- ('ton,.
To sneak the butcher’s mutton.
Or you will surely rue the day,
So help my Billy Button,
Oh dear how could 1 steal That nasty bit of mutton,.
if ever 1 get my liberty.
By thir i will take wurmng*
A beefsteak at night is my delight, And a mutton chop in the mottling. t wish Honey-laml Market was in flame;
1 do so help my jingo,
For if 1 had not stole the fat,
L should not be in limbo..
If 1 wos oui and the boys did shout,
I .vould give them a punching.
So help my bob 1 would break their nobs, Wit I, the little end of my trnneheon, "Whatever could my mind possess,
Such a naughty nick to start it.
I, wish’d I’d felt and broke my neck,
That day in Honey-lane Market.
1 he butchers, all aloud doswe.tr.
Good lawk, I am a siiu.er,
I only took a. Uktle bit*.
Of mutton for my dinner.
A mutton chop is. very good,
With a little sauce and capers,.
Or roasted nice before the fire,
With some greens and, new, potatoes.
This job has made me quite asham’d, So help me Billy Button,
Oh, curse the day i ever touch cl, That fatal bit of mutton,
Sure Satan must have templed me, To-do that wicked action,
And so they popp’d me mto-puod. To give them satisfaction.SU O 07 ûo
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