Ribald Classic: English Music-Hall Ballads
February, 1977
cat's-meat nellOh, that I in love, in love,In love had never fell;I've tried in wain the heart to gainOf lovely Cat's-Meat Nell.'Tvas in Drury Lane vhere IFirst heard her woice so sveet,As vith her barrow she vent byAnd sveetly called, "Cat's meat!"My heart she von; her swivel eyesSo charmingly she rolled,And, tempting her vith "Pies, hot pies!"My tale of love I told.Elewated vith liquor, I felt no dread,And thought as how I'd buss her,For vitch I catched a lick on the head,V...
