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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 By: Various |
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VOLUME 93, OCTOBER 15, 1887. edited by Sir Francis Burnand.
'ARRY ON OCHRE. [Illustration] DEAR CHARLIE, Hoctober, my 'arty, and 'ARRY, wus luck! 's back in town,
Where it's all gitting messy and misty; the boollyvard trees is all
brown,
Them as ain't gone as yaller as mustard. I do 'ate the Autumn,
dear boy,
When a feller 'as spent his last quid, and there's nothink to do or
enjoy. Cut it spicy, old man, by the briny, I did, and no error. That Loo
Was a rattler to keep up the pace whilst a bloke 'ad a brown left to
blue.
Cleared me out a rare bat, I can tell yer; no Savings Bank lay about
her .
Yah! Women is precious like cats, ony jest while you strokes 'em they
purr. Lor', to think wot a butterfly beauty I was when I started, old pal!
Natty cane, and a weed like a hoop stick, and now! oh, well, jigger
that gal!
Cut me slap in the Strand ony yesterday, CHARLIE, so 'elp me,
she did.
Well, of sech a false baggage as Loo is, yours truly is jolly well rid. Wot a thing this yer Ochre is, CHARLIE! The yaller god rules
us all round.
Parsons patter of poverty's pleasures! I tell yer they ain't to be
found.
If you 'aven't the ha'pence you're nothink; bang out of it, slap up
a tree.
That's a moral, as every man as is not a mere mug must agree. They talks of "the Masses and Classes," old Collars is red on that
rot!
There is ony two classes, old pal, them as 'as it and them as 'as not.
The Ochre, I mean, mate, the spondulicks, call the dashed stuff wot
you please.
It's the Lucre as makes Life worth livin', without it things ain't
wuth a sneeze. O CHARLIE, I wish I'd got millions! I ought to be rich, and no kid. I feel I wos made for it, CHARLIE. To watch every bloomin' arf quid, Like a pup at a rat 'ole is beastly. Some stingy 'uns carn't go the
pace,
But I know I should turn out a flyer, and so ought to be in the race. Oh, it ain't every juggins, I tell yer, who's built for the bullion,
dear boy!
You must know the snide game that's called "Grab," you must know what
it means to "enjoy."
Neither one without tother's much use, but the true Ochre Kings are
the chaps
As can squeeze millions out of "the Masses." They win in life's game,
mate, by laps. That's jest wot "the Masses" is made for; them asses I calls 'em,
old man,
Same letters, same thing, dontcher know. Yus, Socierty's built on this
plan.
Many littles makes lots, that's the maxim; and he is the snide 'un,
no doubt,
Who can squeeze his lot out of the littles of half the poor mugs
who're about. Twig, CHARLIE, old twister? Yer sweaters, yer Giant
Purviders, and such
Is all on that lay. Many buds, and one big bloated Bee, that's the
touch!
Wy, if bees was as many as blossoms, or blossoms as few as the bees,
Him as nicked a whole hive to hisself would find dashed little honey
to squeeze. The honey or money wants massing , that's jest wot the Masses
can do
And the "Classes," my boy, are the picked 'uns, as know 'ow to put on
the screw.
That's the doctrine of "DANNEL the Dosser," a broken down
toff, as I know;
And if DANNEL ain't right, I'm a Dutchman. That's ow
yer big money piles grow. Rum party the Dosser is, CHARLIE I can't make him out, mate,
not quite.
Laps beer, when he can, like a bricky, though brandy's his mark. His
delight
Is to patter to me about Swelldom, Socierty, wot he calls gammon
That's Ochre, dear boy, dontcher know. I suppose arf his gab is sheer
mammon. He eyes me in sech a rum style, CHARLIE, sort of arf smile and
arf sneer,
Though he owns I'm a Dasher right down to the ground when he's well
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