ockey then, with a very tolerable
voice, sung the following song:--

THE JOCKEY'S SONG.

Now list to a ditty both funny and true!--
Merrily moves the dance along--
A ditty that tells of a coward and screw,
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

Sir Plume, though not liking a bullet at all,--
Merrily moves the dance along--
Had yet resolution to go to a _ball_,
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

"Woulez wous danser, mademoiselle?"--
Merrily moves the dance along;--
Said she, "Sir, to dance I should like very well,"
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

They danc'd to the left, and they danc'd to the right,--
Merrily moves the dance along;--
And her troth the fair damsel bestow'd on the knight,
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

"Now what shall I fetch you, mademoiselle?"--
Merrily moves the dance along;--
Said she, "Sir, an ice I should like very well,"
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

But the ice, when he'd got it, he instantly ate,--
Merrily moves the dance along;--
Although his poor partner was all in a fret,
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

He ate up the ice like a prudent young lord,--
Merrily moves the dance along;--
For he saw 't was the very last ice on the board,--
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

"Now, when shall we marry?" the gentleman cried;--
Merrily moves the dance along;--
"Sir, get you to Jordan," the damsel replied,
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

"I never will wed with the pitiful elf"--
Merrily moves the dance along--
"Who ate up the ice which I wanted myself,"
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

"I'd pardon your backing from red Waterloo,"--
Merrily moves the dance along--
"But I never will wed with a coward and screw,"
My Lord-Lieutenant so free and young.

CHAPTER XLIII

The Church.

The next morning I began to think of departing; I had sewed up the money
which I had received for the horse in a portion of my clothing, where I
entertained no fears for its safety, with the exception of a small sum in
notes, gold, and silver, which I carried in my pocket. Ere departing,
however, I determined to stroll about and examine the town, and observe
more particularly the humours of the fair than I had hitherto an
opportunity of doing. The town, when I ex