Robert William Chambers

            I

        Sez Alderman Grady
        To Officer Brady:
        "G'wan! Ye're no lady!
            Luk here what ye've done:
        Ye've run in Red Hogan,
        Ye've pulled Paddy Grogan,
        Ye've fanned Misther Brogan
            An' called him a 'gun'!

"Way up in Tammany Hall
They's a gintleman layin' f'r you!
'An' what,' sez he, 't' 'ell,' sez he,
'Does the villyun mane to do?
Lock up the ass in his shtall!
He'll rue the day I rue,
F'r he's pulled the dive that kapes me alive,
An' he'll go to the goats! Whurroo!'"

            II

        Sez Alderman Grady
        To Officer Brady:
        "Ye pinched young Mullady
            F'r crackin' a safe!
        An' Sinitor Moran
       ...

Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden:
                "Bedad, yer a bad un!
            Now turn out yer toes!
        Yer belt is unhookit,
        Yer cap is on crookit,
        Ye may not be dhrunk,
        But, be jabers, ye look it!
            Wan, two!
            Wan, two!
Ye monkey-faced divil, I'll jolly ye through!
            Wan, two!
            Time! Mark!
Ye march like the aigle in Cintheral Parrk!"

Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden:
        "A saint it ud sadden
        To dhrill such a mug!
        Eyes front! ye baboon, ye!
        Chin up! ye gossoon, ye!
        Ye've jaws like a goat,
        Halt! ye leather-lipped loon, ye!
            Wan, two!
            Wan, two!
Ye whiskered orang-outang...