The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #15158   Message #2916199
Posted By: Steve Parkes
28-May-10 - 04:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pickled Pork - by Roaring Jelly
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pickled Pork - by Roaring Jelly
Last verse (better late than never!):

When I started out this morning I had sixpence wrapped in paper,
Now I've only got three ha'pence, the rest has gone in vapour.
When I get home my wife is sure to start the crock'ry flinging;
It's 10 to 1 she'll kill me, then I'll hear the angels singing ...

For younger 'catters, sixpence (6d) is 2.1/2p in new money; three ha'pence is three halfpence, or a penny ha'penny, or 1.1/2d. You can work out the modern value yourself!