ME JOHN COSGRAVE, DRAPER.
Dear Cozzy, you're the premier prince of drapers (You freely advertise in all the papers) ; In " selling-off " you're very enterprising — He who'd " sell " you must practice early-rising. You're liberal, open, jolly, full of " go," f Qos grave-ness isn't in your line, you know.
Jill COATES, BANK ACCOUNTANT. A well-behaved young man, A handsome-made young man, A quite substantial, clever financial, Uncommonly nice young man. Conceive him, if you can, A favourite ladies' man, A ledger and stool, And an ebony rule, And columns of figures to scan ; Who bears the dreadful rigours Of checking rows of figures, Who's fond of his dinner, And doesn't get thinner On bottled beer and chops. A circumspect young man, A matter-of-fact young man, A steady and stolidly, jolly-bank-holiday, Out-of-the-way young man.
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Observer, Volume 3, Issue 74, 11 February 1882, Page 340
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131ME JOHN COSGRAVE, DRAPER. Observer, Volume 3, Issue 74, 11 February 1882, Page 340
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