FOIGHT YE SECOND. ,;
Me hopes is dashed, me idol's smashed all into smithereens, - The dirty judges has found some smudges (bad cess to i thim spalpeens') On Bertie's hide; disqualified the baste is from the show, Some haythen thraitor lampblacked the Cray tur, as black as any crow. . An' poor ould Hurst wid grief '11 burst, for afther all his labours Poor Bertie's back is mcd as black as one of Dean's ould naygurs, The darlint pig wid tears as big as peas his eyelids blisthers To think of the disgrace that's brought on him and his ancisthors. Awake me sowl! and raise a howl for vingance on the ; That put lampblack on Bertie's back, and ruined the purty craytur, Bring out yer sticks, asthore, ayicks! unfurl the flag of *%ar ,--•£, ? Avinge in gore the insult sore on Bertie Saverna.
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Observer, Volume 1, Issue 9, 13 November 1880, Page 68
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140FOIGHT YE SECOND. ,; Observer, Volume 1, Issue 9, 13 November 1880, Page 68
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