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 But as good wives have often said,

"Keep husbands in subjection."

No snarling fool shall o'er me rule,

or e'er eclipse my glory;

I'll let him see, I'll mistress be,

my mother did so before me.

Newgate steps Jack Chance was found,

And bred up near St. Gile's pound,

My story's true, deny it who can,)

By saucy leering Billingsgate Nan

Her bosom glow'd with heart-felt joy,

When first she beheld the lovely boy,

Then home the prize she straight did bring,

And they all allow'd he was just the thing.

At twelve years old, as we are told,

The youth was sturdy, stout, and bold,

He had learn'd to curse. to swear to fight,

And every thing but read and write;

With daddies clean, he'd flip between

A crowd, and knap a clout unseen

And what he got he home would bring,

And they all allow'd he was just the thing.

But when he grew to man's estate,

His mind it ran on something great,

thieving then he scorn'd to tramp,

o hir'd a pad and went on the scamp.

To strut in the Park was all his pride,

With a famous whore stuck by his side;