TOTTIE 1887 By "DAGONIT" (G. R. SIMS) in Referee, 7 Nov.
I As she walked along the street With her little 'plates of meat,' [feet] And the summer sunshine falling On her golden 'Barnet Fair,' [hair] Bright as angels from the skies Were her dark blue 'mutton pies.' [eyes] In my 'East and West' Dan Cupid [breast] Shot a shaft and left it there.
II She'd a Grecian 'I suppose,' [nose] And of 'Hampstead Heath' two rows, [teeth] In her 'Sunny South' that glistened [mouth] Like two pretty strings of pearls; Down upon my 'bread and cheese' [knees] Did I drop and murmur, 'Please Be my "storm and strife," dear Tottie, [wife] O, you darlingest of girls!'
III Then a bow-wow by her side, [dog] Who till then had stood and tried A 'Jenny Lee' to banish, [flea] Which was on his 'Jonah's whale,' [tail] Gave a hydrophobia bark, (She cried, 'What a Noah's Ark!') [lark] And right through my 'rank and riches' [breeches] Did my 'cribbage pegs' assail. [legs]
IV Ere her bull-dog I could stop She had called a 'ginger pop,' [slop = policeman] Who said, 'What the "Henry Meville" [devil] Do you think you're doing there?' And I heard as off I slunk, 'Why, the fellow's "Jumbo's trunk!" [drunk] And the 'Walter Joyce' was Tottie's [voice] With the golden 'Barnet Fair.' [hair]