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SONGSTER. 207
I hadn't been long, you must know, on the ground.
When the good people there all came flocking around.
Asking, who is that geraman, docs any one know 1
Why yes, that's the man what sings Billy Barlow.
Oh! dear. Raggedy O ! &c.
0 dear! bless my soul, but Pm tired of this life,
1 wish in my heart»I could get a good wife;
If there's any young lady heie wanting a beau.
Let her fly to the arms of young William Barlow.
Oh! dear. Raggedy 0 ! &c.
They say there,is a wild beast show come to town.
Of lions, and monkeys, and porcupines too;
But if they start to show, Pll beat them I know,
For they hain't got a varmint like Bi|ly Barlow.
Oh! dear. Raggedy O ! &c.
They tried to buy me to go with that show.
But the monkeys got jealous, and the Uon snapp'
at me too,
The hyena growled and he looked at me so,
Thinks I, 'twill never do for you, Mr. Barlow.
Oh! dear. Raggedy O ! &c.
Pm sure I was bom, but where I can't tell,
My mother never told me, I know very weU;
But Pve grown up a beauty, that aU of you know;
For perfection's self just look at Billy Bariow.
Oh ! dear, Raggedy O ! &c.
There's been a nigger here with a long tail blue,
But he ain't a patching, and that's very true;
If you want a cut for a coat or any thing so—
Just look at the rigging of BiUy Barlow.
Oh ! dear. Raggedy O ! &c.
The taUors in town are all running afl;er me.
To get the cut of my clothes, that's plain to see ;