Five sonsg (sic)/A Dandy Described; or, a Peep at Fashionable Life

A Dandy Described; or a Peep at Fa

shionable Life,

I'se a poor simple clown, and just cme to town,
⁠Where I’ve seen all the sights that can be O
And with me to bring back of fashion I've a sack,
⁠For all I've heard or seen, I's quite the Dandy O-
The great folks got such tricks, they never dine till six
⁠Then down goes the rum wine, and brandy O,

To be stylish to outright you must sup at twelve at
⁠night,
And to go to bed at daylight in all the dandy O.

Yon mun talk of plays and balls, and Madam Cata-
⁠lina's squ(illegible text),
⁠Who with a voice as ⟨sweet⟩ as sugar candy O,
Three hundred pound by gum for singing is her sum,
⁠And for paying, Jacky B(illegible text) all the dandy O.
Then the ladies make such rackets in their little
⁠jockey jackets,
⁠The black, brown, the fair and the sandy, O,
With their trinkets and their lockets, b(illegible text) the deil
⁠of any pockets,
⁠But a little basket to carry is all the dandy O.

Then the beaus do strut and stare with high frizzled
⁠hair,
⁠Some short, some tall and some bandy O,
With a towel round their neck, that at least would
⁠hold a peck,
⁠And so neatly stop their wizzen is the dandy O,
Once fashion decreed that our heads should be found
⁠In blue and buff uniform and handy O
Now the chatter is to keep up,
⁠Our ladies dress in buss, and invisible petticoats
⁠are the dandy O.

Now the ladies never fear when they go to take the
⁠air,
⁠At driving all the gentlemen are handy O,
My lord he mounts the box, in a coat with twenty
⁠caps,
⁠And to be the prime whip which is all the dandy O

A duel then to fight makes a great man outright,
⁠For nothing more stylish there can be O, (head,
Than with an ounce of lead to be shot through the
⁠Taen a snug patent coffin is all the dandy O.

If France again should boast they'd soon invade our
⁠They'd find British sailors quite handy O. (coast,
For all the world knows in conquering of our foes,
⁠The tars of Old England are the dandy O,
If France again should boast they'll soon invade out
⁠They'll find British soldiers quite handy O, (coast;
For all the world knows in conquering of our foes,
⁠His Grace the Duke of Wellington's the dandy O.