Punch (103.1892)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [November 12, 1892.

THE BRUMMAGEM BIRDCATCHER.

{A Lay of a Labour Programme.) Air— 1' The Ratcatcher's Daughter"

Brummagem Birdcatcher {aside). 'All! I fancy I shall have them presently ! "

In Vestmmster not long ago there dvelt a lad named Joey ;

He vos not raised in Vestminster, but in a place more goey.

At snaring birds he vos a dab, of eggs (and plots) a hatcher ;

And he vos called young Vistling Joe, the Brummagem Birdcatcher.

Young Joe of Grand Old Vill-i-am, at fust vos pal most chummy,
But second fiddle vos not quite the instrument for Brummy.
Says he, " Old Vill vants his own vay, the "vicked old vote-snatcher !
But that arrangement vill not suit the Brummagem Birdcatcher I