A Little Pretty Pocket-book/Knock out and Span

140329A Little Pretty Pocket-book — Knock out and SpanJohn Newbery


Knock out and Span.

Strike out your Man strong;
For the very next one
Will bear off the Prize,
If you come to a Span.

Moral.

This Span, my dear Boy,
Shou'd your Monitor be;
'Tis the Length of a Life,
As we oftentimes see.